The Purpose of Praise: Past and Future in The Lusiads of Luís de CamõesKing's College, 1983 - 19 pages |
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... giving continuity to the great endeavour of the past which the poem celebrates . By making the living king both a witness and retrospective patron of Gama's voyage ( the mariners will invoke him , knowing that he sees their struggles ) ...
... giving continuity to the great endeavour of the past which the poem celebrates . By making the living king both a witness and retrospective patron of Gama's voyage ( the mariners will invoke him , knowing that he sees their struggles ) ...
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... giving them the amorous company of her nymphs . The erotic revels of the nymphs and mariners in the Arcadian setting of this locus amoenus can be seen , on one level , as a crude wish - fulfilment , an extended fantasy projection of a ...
... giving them the amorous company of her nymphs . The erotic revels of the nymphs and mariners in the Arcadian setting of this locus amoenus can be seen , on one level , as a crude wish - fulfilment , an extended fantasy projection of a ...
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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