Godfrey of Bulloigne
| Title | Godfrey of Bulloigne
or, The recovery of Jerusalem, to which are prefixed, A glossary, and The lives of Tasso and Fairfax Fairfax's translation of Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered" |
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| Original title | La Gerusalemme liberata |
| Author | done into English heroical verse, from the Italian of Tasso, by Edward Fairfax |
| Publication | Knight |
| Size | 300p |
| Language |  ENG |
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| Topics |
Italian poetry--Epic Italian poetry--Translated into English Italian poetry--Religious Crusades--1096-1099 (first) Biography--Literature--Italy Biography--Literature--Britain Tasso, Torquato (Ital.poet, 1544-1595) Fairfax, Edward (Engl.transl. 1580-1635) |
| Notes | La Gerusalemme Liberata is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso first published in 1581, which tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem. The poem is composed of eight line stanzas grouped into 20 cantos of varying length. The work belongs to the Italian Renaissance tradition of the romantic epic poem, and Tasso frequently borrows plot elements and character types directly from Ariosto's Orlando furioso. Tasso's poem also has elements inspired by the classical epics of Homer and Virgil (especially in those sections of their works that tell of sieges and warfare). One of the most characteristic literary devices in Tasso's poem is the emotional conundrum endured by characters torn between their heart and their duty; the depiction of love at odds with martial valour or honor is a central source of lyrical passion in the poem. The translator was the natural son of Sir Thomas Fairfax the elder, of Denton in Yorkshire, and thus a half-brother of Sir Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord of Cameron, Peerage of Scotland. His translation of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, for which he is best known, is considered a masterpiece, one of the comparatively few translations which in themselves are literature. It was highly praised by Dryden and Waller. The first English edition appeared in 1600, and was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I of England. [wikipedia] |
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