The Purpose of Praise: Past and Future in The Lusiads of Luís de CamõesKing's College, 1983 - 19 pages |
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... celebration is , in fact , intrinsic to epic , being perhaps the only characteristic common to a form so diverse that it can include primitive saga and the experimental modern novel , with themes ranging from the mysteries of religion ...
... celebration is , in fact , intrinsic to epic , being perhaps the only characteristic common to a form so diverse that it can include primitive saga and the experimental modern novel , with themes ranging from the mysteries of religion ...
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... celebration . Pastoral and epic themes are combined in the pagan mythological framework which Camões uses to relate the historical events narrated in The Lusiads to a higher supernatural order . In using a metaphysical background he is ...
... celebration . Pastoral and epic themes are combined in the pagan mythological framework which Camões uses to relate the historical events narrated in The Lusiads to a higher supernatural order . In using a metaphysical background he is ...
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... celebration and pastoral regret , Camões thus brought into The Lusiads a new and disturbing element alien to the traditional spirit of epic : a modern sense of doubt which is central to his complex vision of history , realistically ...
... celebration and pastoral regret , Camões thus brought into The Lusiads a new and disturbing element alien to the traditional spirit of epic : a modern sense of doubt which is central to his complex vision of history , realistically ...
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