The Purpose of Praise: Past and Future in The Lusiads of Luís de CamõesKing's College, 1983 - 19 pages |
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... vision of history . It embodies the poet's conception of what that history means to his own age so that the past being celebrated in the poem becomes exemplary . The notion of celebration is , in fact , intrinsic to epic , being perhaps ...
... vision of history . It embodies the poet's conception of what that history means to his own age so that the past being celebrated in the poem becomes exemplary . The notion of celebration is , in fact , intrinsic to epic , being perhaps ...
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... vision of the present and the future . a The Silenus motif , with its Virgilian pastoral associations , also provides thematic link with the tone of pastoral regret that colours Camões ' personal interventions in the narrative . În ...
... vision of the present and the future . a The Silenus motif , with its Virgilian pastoral associations , also provides thematic link with the tone of pastoral regret that colours Camões ' personal interventions in the narrative . În ...
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... vision of the golden age becomes a Utopian dream island . Virgil could still believe in the restoration of the golden age in his own time and , in Book VI of the Aeniad he specifically associates it with the reign of Augustus Caesar.24 ...
... vision of the golden age becomes a Utopian dream island . Virgil could still believe in the restoration of the golden age in his own time and , in Book VI of the Aeniad he specifically associates it with the reign of Augustus Caesar.24 ...
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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