His mastery of verse has been compared to that of shakespeare. The first european artist to cross the equator, camoes s narrative reflects the novelty and fascination of that original encounter with africa, india and the far east. The action of the poem begins after an introduction, an invocation, and a. This acclaimed book by william atkinson is available at in several formats for your ereader. I dont believe his output can claim to be in any way comparable to shakespeares. The 10 cantos of the poem are in ottava rima and amount to 1,102 stanzas. Nor do i believe that he has had such a great influence on the language as has shakespeare.
The nearer i come to that work the more mountainous does it. I also want to add one of my precious writers of all the times. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 288 pages and is available in paperback format. At the centre of the lusiads is vasco da gamas pioneer voyage via southern africa to india in 149798. Includes the rejected stanzas estancias desprezadas. Written in homeric fashion, the poem focuses mainly on a fantastical interpretation of the portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. As historian john charles chasteen emphasizes, portuguese trade outposts in africa and asia were key to the crowns monopoly access to spices, silks, and gold chasteen, 29. First published in 1572, the lusiads is one of the greatest epic poems of the renaissance, immortalizing portugals voya. Free download or read online the lusiads pdf epub book. The delphi poets series offers readers the works of literatures finest poets, with superior formatting. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. His influence is so profound that portuguese is sometimes simply referred to as the language of camoes.
Os lusiadas, usually translated as the lusiads, is a portuguese epic poem. The work celebrates the discovery of a sea route to. The poem tells the tale of the portuguese discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries, specially the voyage to india by vasco da gama. It is widely regarded as the most important work of portuguese literature and is frequently compared to virgils aeneid 1st c.
1419 1090 1436 123 745 316 1377 581 302 874 192 417 241 641 107 290 1417 833 271 1504 1200 910 899 1146 1217 1035 1128 1440 1247 416 1412 845 638 213 1204 585 1064 432 668 956 395 445 1384