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Tasso's Art and Afterlives: The Gerusalemme liberata in England
Jason Lawrence
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This interdisciplinary study examines the literary, artistic and biographical afterlives in England of the great sixteenth-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso, from before his death to the end of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the lasting impact of his once famous poem Gerusalemme liberata across a spectrum of arts, it aims to stimulate a revival of interest in a neglected poetic masterpiece and its author, some fifty years after the last account of the poet in English. The influence of Tasso's poem is traced and analysed in the literary works of Spenser, Milton, Shakespeare and Daniel, and consideration is also given ... Read more
This interdisciplinary study examines the literary, artistic and biographical afterlives in England of the great sixteenth-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso, from before his death to the end of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the lasting impact of his once famous poem Gerusalemme liberata across a spectrum of arts, it aims to stimulate a revival of interest in a neglected poetic masterpiece and its author, some fifty years after the last account of the poet in English. The influence of Tasso's poem is traced and analysed in the literary works of Spenser, Milton, Shakespeare and Daniel, and consideration is also given ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719090882
SKU
V9780719090882
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About Jason Lawrence
Jason Lawrence is Senior Lecturer in English (1500-1700) at the University of Hull -- .
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