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by Torquato Tasso; Max Wickert; Mark Davie

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In The Liberation of Jerusalem (1581), Torquato Tasso set out to write an epic to rival the Iliad and the Aeneid. Unlike his predecessors, he took his subject not from myth but from history: the Christian capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade. The siege of the city is played out alongside a magical romance of love and sacrifice, in which the Christian knight Rinaldo succumbs to the charms of the pagan sorceress Armida, and the warrior maiden Clorinda inspires a fatal passion in the Christian Tancred. Tasso's masterpiece left its mark on writers from Spenser and Milton to Goethe and Byron, and inspired countless painters and composers. This is the first English translation in modern times that faithfully reflects both the sense and the verse form of the original. Max Wickert's fine rendering is introduced by Mark Davie, who places Tasso's poem in it troubled historical context and sheds light on its narrative framework and historical accuracy as well as its reception and influence.

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  • Title The Liberation of Jerusalem
  • Author Torquato Tasso; Max Wickert; Mark Davie
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Publication date 2009-06-24
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780199535354 / 0199535353
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.48 x 5.88 x 1.17 in (19.00 x 14.94 x 2.97 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 16th Century
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress subjects Jerusalem - History - Latin Kingdom,, Epic poetry, Italian
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008039121
  • Dewey Decimal Code 851.4

About the author

Max Wickert is a poet who has been published in American Poetry Review, Chicago Review, Sewanee Review, and elsewhere.
Mark Davie is the Italian Editor of Modern Language Review.

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