The Purpose of Praise: Past and Future in The Lusiads of Luís de CamõesKing's College, 1983 - 19 pages |
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... equivalent to that of the heroes and deeds he is celebrating ( VII.78-82 ) . The culminating moment in the development of this identification of the poet with his heroes comes in the last Canto when Camões includes his own rescue of the ...
... equivalent to that of the heroes and deeds he is celebrating ( VII.78-82 ) . The culminating moment in the development of this identification of the poet with his heroes comes in the last Canto when Camões includes his own rescue of the ...
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... equivalent to 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 ...
... equivalent to 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 ...
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... equivalent to the function of the Island when Venus persuades him to direct his attentions to the preparation of the earthly paradise where love and harmony will " correct the errors " of the " base and wicked world which dared to ...
... equivalent to the function of the Island when Venus persuades him to direct his attentions to the preparation of the earthly paradise where love and harmony will " correct the errors " of the " base and wicked world which dared to ...
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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