The Purpose of Praise: Past and Future in The Lusiads of Luís de CamõesKing's College, 1983 - 19 pages |
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... voyage of Aeneas led to the foundation of Rome , the historical voyage of Gama in 1498 marked the beginnings of the Portuguese empire in the East . Gama's voyage provides Camões with the main narrative axis for his poem : around it he ...
... voyage of Aeneas led to the foundation of Rome , the historical voyage of Gama in 1498 marked the beginnings of the Portuguese empire in the East . Gama's voyage provides Camões with the main narrative axis for his poem : around it he ...
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... voyage , thus suggesting that it is Sebastian's task to connect past , present and future in a single whole , giving continuity to the great endeavour of the past which the poem celebrates . By making the living king both a witness and ...
... voyage , thus suggesting that it is Sebastian's task to connect past , present and future in a single whole , giving continuity to the great endeavour of the past which the poem celebrates . By making the living king both a witness and ...
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... voyage semantically equivalent to Gama's has earned him the knowledge and status of a " Silenus " and entitles him ... voyages is contrasted with the blessed peace of Arcadia . " The contrast between epic and pastoral values is , in fact ...
... voyage semantically equivalent to Gama's has earned him the knowledge and status of a " Silenus " and entitles him ... voyages is contrasted with the blessed peace of Arcadia . " The contrast between epic and pastoral values is , in fact ...
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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