The Purpose of Praise: Past and Future in The Lusiads of Luís de CamõesKing's College, 1983 - 19 pages |
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... reflected in the academic interests of my predecessors . Indeed , one of them contributed to knowledge in all the areas I have mentioned . I mean , of course , the historian – and Camoens Professor Emeritus Charles Boxer or , as he was ...
... reflected in the academic interests of my predecessors . Indeed , one of them contributed to knowledge in all the areas I have mentioned . I mean , of course , the historian – and Camoens Professor Emeritus Charles Boxer or , as he was ...
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... reflected in his obsessive love of hunting and his excessive dependence on bad counsellors who , like Acteon's hounds , may yet devour him . To quote Faria e Sousa's expressive comment on this passage , " the poet stands before King ...
... reflected in his obsessive love of hunting and his excessive dependence on bad counsellors who , like Acteon's hounds , may yet devour him . To quote Faria e Sousa's expressive comment on this passage , " the poet stands before King ...
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... reflects the European religious climate of the time and , more specifically , the crusading sense of mission of the Portuguese monarchy . We should recall that the Turkish advance into Europe was a very real threat until the naval ...
... reflects the European religious climate of the time and , more specifically , the crusading sense of mission of the Portuguese monarchy . We should recall that the Turkish advance into Europe was a very real threat until the naval ...
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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