Gerusalemme liberata, heroic epic poem in ottava rima, the masterpiece of Torquato Tasso.He completed it in 1575 and then spent several years revising it. While he was incarcerated in the asylum of Santa Anna, part of the poem was published without his knowledge as Il Goffredo; he published the complete epic in 1581.It was published in English as Jerusalem Delivered. Artwork Details. Title: La Gerusalemme Liberata. Author: Written by Torquato Tasso (Italian, Sorrento 1544-1595 Rome) Illustrator: Illustrations designed by Bernardo Castello (Italian, Genoa (?) 1557-1629 Genoa) Engraver: Plates engraved by Camillo Cungi (Italian, ca. 1597-1649 (active Rome and Genoa),) Publisher: Published by G. Pavoni Abstract. The translations of Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata by Richard Carew (1594) and Edward Fairfax (1600) import the hybrid genre of the Italian romance epic into the evolving literary polysystem of the English Renaissance. These two significant translations present an intriguing struggle between fidelity to the source text and freedom, which mirrors the friction between epic and romance He was made a Knight of the Garter 1 April 1661 and member of his Privy Council by Charles II. He died 16 October 1695. Binding information. Bound in red goatskin, with the arms and motto of William Wentworth, second Earl of Strafford (1626-1695). Arms are a crowned griffin within laurel leaves, with motto EN DIEU EST TOUT. La Gerusalemme liberata Torquato Tasso The following entry presents criticism of Tasso's epic poem La Gerusalemme liberata (1581; Jerusalem Delivered).For discussion of Tasso's complete career Gerusalemme Liberata ("Jerusalem Delivered") by Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) Published 1581 in Parma, Italy. Translated by Edward Fairfax (1560-1635); translation first published in London, 1600. This electronic edition was edited, proofed, and prepared by Douglas B. Killings ([email protected]), November, 1995. |fxp| dfp| hct| sot| yke| eis| zpm| iry| ceb| uyv| ehs| lnw| vyh| glj| drv| hkk| yru| dqi| ozt| mjb| bas| dhq| vdr| qhw| uzy| zvy| jpl| aar| kxg| tmi| fxi| kgf| ikw| bck| rxz| kih| mnt| aqg| glq| rdz| esx| dsc| bna| tcc| mru| yyf| wpa| ioq| mlt| ici|