The Purpose of Praise: Past and Future in The Lusiads of Luís de CamõesKing's College, 1983 - 19 pages |
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... humanist political and moral doctrine which could serve to remedy the ills he exposes . The characterization of Diogo do Couto's honest soldier bears a marked resemblance to the persona which Camões assumes in the address to Dom ...
... humanist political and moral doctrine which could serve to remedy the ills he exposes . The characterization of Diogo do Couto's honest soldier bears a marked resemblance to the persona which Camões assumes in the address to Dom ...
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... humanist Renaissance literature . In the dedicatory letter which prefaces his book , Couto specifically associates his soldier with the bucolic figure of the mythical Silenus . As Luís de Sousa Rebelo has shown , Couto was referring to ...
... humanist Renaissance literature . In the dedicatory letter which prefaces his book , Couto specifically associates his soldier with the bucolic figure of the mythical Silenus . As Luís de Sousa Rebelo has shown , Couto was referring to ...
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... humanist not to reveal the reality behind the idealization : the barbarity of war becomes evident in the very terms he uses to characterize the triumphs of arms in spreading the Christian faith , which recall the tone of his First Elegy ...
... humanist not to reveal the reality behind the idealization : the barbarity of war becomes evident in the very terms he uses to characterize the triumphs of arms in spreading the Christian faith , which recall the tone of his First Elegy ...
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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