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Torquato Tasso: A Study of the Poet and of his Contribution to English Literature
This 1965 volume was the first comprehensive study in English of the life and work of Torquato Tasso. Born in 1544, the son of a famous poet, Tasso was himself one of the greatest Italian poets. Dr Brand here reassesses his writings to illustrate the essential qualities of his poetry, and estimates his contribution to English literature on which, and in particular on Spenser and Milton, his influence was profound. Tasso is a complex and difficult writer. He was a weak man, who was easily affected by external pressures, and his greatness lay almost entirely in his writings. Dr Brand suggest how we should reconcile his poetic genius with his weakness and shows how much these external pressures - his imprisonment, the Inquisition, his critics - affected him. Students of Italian literature will welcome this book, and students of English literature will also find it an important contribution to their study.
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Torquato Tasso: A Study of the Poet and of his Contribution to English Literature
This 1965 volume was the first comprehensive study in English of the life and work of Torquato Tasso. Born in 1544, the son of a famous poet, Tasso was himself one of the greatest Italian poets. Dr Brand here reassesses his writings to illustrate the essential qualities of his poetry, and estimates his contribution to English literature on which, and in particular on Spenser and Milton, his influence was profound. Tasso is a complex and difficult writer. He was a weak man, who was easily affected by external pressures, and his greatness lay almost entirely in his writings. Dr Brand suggest how we should reconcile his poetic genius with his weakness and shows how much these external pressures - his imprisonment, the Inquisition, his critics - affected him. Students of Italian literature will welcome this book, and students of English literature will also find it an important contribution to their study.
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Torquato Tasso: A Study of the Poet and of his Contribution to English Literature

Torquato Tasso: A Study of the Poet and of his Contribution to English Literature

by C. P. Brand
Torquato Tasso: A Study of the Poet and of his Contribution to English Literature

Torquato Tasso: A Study of the Poet and of his Contribution to English Literature

by C. P. Brand

Overview

This 1965 volume was the first comprehensive study in English of the life and work of Torquato Tasso. Born in 1544, the son of a famous poet, Tasso was himself one of the greatest Italian poets. Dr Brand here reassesses his writings to illustrate the essential qualities of his poetry, and estimates his contribution to English literature on which, and in particular on Spenser and Milton, his influence was profound. Tasso is a complex and difficult writer. He was a weak man, who was easily affected by external pressures, and his greatness lay almost entirely in his writings. Dr Brand suggest how we should reconcile his poetic genius with his weakness and shows how much these external pressures - his imprisonment, the Inquisition, his critics - affected him. Students of Italian literature will welcome this book, and students of English literature will also find it an important contribution to their study.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521157551
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/25/2010
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 358
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface v

Plates x

Bibliographical Note xi

I The Poet and his Work

1 Life and letters 3

2 The Aminta 38

3 The epic: preparation 53

4 The epic: the Gerusalemme Liberata 79

5 The epic: aftermath 119

6 The lyric 133

7 The minor works 167

II Tasso in England

8 The legend of Tasso's life 205

9 The Gerusalemme Liberata in England 226

10 Tasso's Aminta and lyrics in England 277

Notes 309

Index 339

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