The Purpose of Praise: Past and Future in The Lusiads of Luís de CamõesKing's College, 1983 - 19 pages |
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... Gama in 1498 marked the beginnings of the Portuguese empire in the East . Gama's voyage provides Camões with the main narrative axis for his poem : around it he weaves an account of his country's history from its beginnings as a nation ...
... Gama in 1498 marked the beginnings of the Portuguese empire in the East . Gama's voyage provides Camões with the main narrative axis for his poem : around it he weaves an account of his country's history from its beginnings as a nation ...
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... Gama . In order to deserve an equivalent reward , earning his place in the " temple of eternity " ( I.17,8 ) , the young ... Gama's voyage ( the mariners will invoke him , knowing that he sees their struggles ) he draws attention to the ...
... Gama . In order to deserve an equivalent reward , earning his place in the " temple of eternity " ( I.17,8 ) , the young ... Gama's voyage ( the mariners will invoke him , knowing that he sees their struggles ) he draws attention to the ...
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... Gama's has earned him the knowledge and status of a " Silenus " and entitles him to be the voice of his nation , interpreting its historical past in terms of his vision of the present and the future . a The Silenus motif , with its ...
... Gama's has earned him the knowledge and status of a " Silenus " and entitles him to be the voice of his nation , interpreting its historical past in terms of his vision of the present and the future . a The Silenus motif , with its ...
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Acteon Aeneas Aeniad Arcadian Arquivos do Centro associated Augustus Caesar base love Boy King Brazilian C. R. Boxer Canto celebration Centro Cultural Português Christian contrast corruption Couto critical Cupid deeds denounces Diogo do Couto's divine Eclogue Eduardo Lourenço Elegy embodies empire Estrutura Fanshawe Faria e Sousa's future Gama's voyage golden age Helder Macedo humanist ideal Ilha dos Amores imperial India infernal darkness Island of Love Island of Venus João de Barros Jorge de Sena King's kingdom legends Lisbon Literatura Portuguesa London Luís de Camões Luís de Sousa Lusíadas Lusiads mariners messianic moral myth mythical nation neo-platonic nymphs op.cit Paris past pastoral regret perspective poem poet poet's Portugal Portugal's Professor Boxer prophetic redemptive restoration of harmony role Sebastian Sebastião Silenus sing soldier song Sousa Rebelo spirit stanzas Stephen Reckert symbolic Tethys theme Tityrus traditional Vasco da Gama Virgil Virgilian vision vós vossos world's disorder