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The Collected Lyric Poems of Luis De Camoes
Luís de Camões
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Description for The Collected Lyric Poems of Luis De Camoes
Paperback. Presents a collection of Luis De Camoes' sonnets, songs, elegies, hymns, odes, eclogues, and other poems - more than 280 lyrics altogether, rendered in engaging verse. Translator(s): White, Landeg. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Luis de Camoes is world famous as the author of the great Renaissance epic The Lusiads, but his large and equally great body of lyric poetry is still almost completely unknown outside his native Portugal. In The Collected Lyric Poems of Luis de Camoes, the award-winning translator of The Lusiads gives English readers the first comprehensive collection of Camoes's sonnets, songs, elegies, hymns, odes, eclogues, and other poems--more than 280 lyrics altogether, all rendered in engaging verse. Camoes (1524-1580) was the first great European artist to cross into the Southern Hemisphere, and his poetry bears the marks of nearly two ... Read more
Luis de Camoes is world famous as the author of the great Renaissance epic The Lusiads, but his large and equally great body of lyric poetry is still almost completely unknown outside his native Portugal. In The Collected Lyric Poems of Luis de Camoes, the award-winning translator of The Lusiads gives English readers the first comprehensive collection of Camoes's sonnets, songs, elegies, hymns, odes, eclogues, and other poems--more than 280 lyrics altogether, all rendered in engaging verse. Camoes (1524-1580) was the first great European artist to cross into the Southern Hemisphere, and his poetry bears the marks of nearly two ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691136622
SKU
V9780691136622
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About Luís de Camões
Landeg White is the translator of "The Lusiads of Luis Vaz de Camoes" (Oxford World's Classics), which won the Teixeira-Gomes Prize for translation in 1998. A prolific poet and scholar, he teaches English and American studies at Universidade Aberta in Lisbon, Portugal.
Reviews for The Collected Lyric Poems of Luis De Camoes
"These translations bring Camoes's genius within reach of an audience who cannot read the elegant, intricate Portuguese originals. The volume is a worthy and timely addition to the classics of poetry in translation published as part of Princeton's Lockert Library Series."
Claire Williams, Times Literary Supplement "Bringing a fresh, substantial selection of the lyrical poetry of Luks de Camoes into English, ... Read more
Claire Williams, Times Literary Supplement "Bringing a fresh, substantial selection of the lyrical poetry of Luks de Camoes into English, ... Read more