Jerusalem delivered (Gerusalemme liberata) / Torquato, Tasso ; edited and translated by Anthony M. Esolen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595.

Contributor:

Esolen, Anthony M.

Standardized Title:

Gerusalemme liberata. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Italian--Translations into English.

Epic poetry, Italian.

Crusades--First, 1096-1099--Poetry.

Crusades.

Jerusalem--History--Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244--Poetry.

Jerusalem.

Godfrey, of Bouillon, approximately 1060-1100--Poetry.

Godfrey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (505 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tasso's masterpiece finally emerges as an English masterpiece.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on the Translation

Introduction

Jerusalem Delivered

Canto One

Canto Two

Canto Three

Canto Four

Canto Five

Canto Six

Canto Seven

Canto Eight

Canto Nine

Canto Ten

Canto Eleven

Canto Twelve

Canto Thirteen

Canto Fourteen

Canto Fifteen

Canto Sixteen

Canto Seventeen

Canto Eighteen

Canto Nineteen

Canto Twenty

Allegory of the Poem

Cast of Characters

Notes

Bibliographical Essay

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [482]-485) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-7700-8

OCLC:

70723609