Selected Shorter Poems (Paperback)

Luís Vaz de Camões (ca.1524/25-1580) is reckoned the greatest poet in the Portuguese language, granting him a position in the national literature akin to that of Dante, Shakespeare, or Goethe. He wrote a considerable amount of lyric poetry and at least three dramas, but is best remembered for his epic poem Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads), which set out to be, and succeeded in being, a Portuguese epic of the nation that can stand alongside Virgil's Aeneid. As Jonathan Griffin ably demonstrates in this volume, however, his shorter works, mostly sonnets and redondilhas (roundels), are fine lyrics and ought to be given the same serious attention that the epic receives as of right. Little is known of Camões' life, other than what we see "reported" in the Lusiads, but we do know that he served as a common soldier in the East, serving in India, Africa and Macau.

General

Imprint:	Shearsman Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Shearsman Classics, 30
Release date:	July 2021
Authors:	Luiz Vaz De Camoes
Translators:	Jonathan Griffin
Afterword by:	Helder Macedo
Introduction by:	Jorge De Sena
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	92
ISBN-13:	978-1-84861-676-9
Subtitles:	Portuguese
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-84861-676-7
Barcode:	9781848616769

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