The Purpose of Praise: Past and Future in The Lusiads of Luís de CamõesKing's College, 1983 - 19 pages |
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... spirit . Camões ' conviction of the need for a new departure is based on his fears that the continuance of Portugal's past successes is threatened by the weaknesses of the Portuguese of his own day , which he exposes in the critical ...
... spirit . Camões ' conviction of the need for a new departure is based on his fears that the continuance of Portugal's past successes is threatened by the weaknesses of the Portuguese of his own day , which he exposes in the critical ...
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... spirit allows Camões to justify imperial war as an instrument of love . But despite his justification , he was too much of a humanist not to reveal the reality behind the idealization : the barbarity of war becomes evident in the very ...
... spirit allows Camões to justify imperial war as an instrument of love . But despite his justification , he was too much of a humanist not to reveal the reality behind the idealization : the barbarity of war becomes evident in the very ...
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... spirit , Tethys has prepared the realm of ocean as a dowry for Dom Sebastião . Thus Venus ' Island , a convergence of golden age myth and pastoral idyll , serves a functional purpose similar to that of the imaginary islands used by ...
... spirit , Tethys has prepared the realm of ocean as a dowry for Dom Sebastião . Thus Venus ' Island , a convergence of golden age myth and pastoral idyll , serves a functional purpose similar to that of the imaginary islands used by ...
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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