Os Lusíadas: Com uma biografia do poeta

Luís Vaz de Camões

Jan 2014 · Edições Vercial

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"Os Lusíadas" de Luís Vaz de Camões é a mais importante obra escrita em
Língua Portuguesa. Nela se contam os feitos dos heróis portugueses que
abriram o caminho pelos Oceanos, pondo em contacto povos e terras. Vasco
da Gama e os marinheiros que o acompanharam até à Índia são as
personagens principais deste poema épico que muito deve a Homero e
Virgílio. Esta edição conta com uma biografia do poeta redigida por
Manuel de Faria Severim.

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A historic book

About the author

Luis de Camoes was Portugal's greatest Renaissance poet, whose profoundly humanistic works have influenced Portuguese literature since their appearance. In 1572 the epic poem Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads)-Camoes's masterpiece and lasting contribution to European literature-was published in Lisbon. By centering on the landmark 1497-1498 voyage of Vasco da Gama to India, Camoes exalted the Portuguese spirit expressed in history's glorious deeds. Modeled after Virgil's Aeneid and written in ottava rima, the Italian metric form used by Ariosto in Orlando Furioso, Os Lusiadas is the hallmark of Portuguese classics. Camoes's other poetry (Rimas) was published in 1595. In it Camoes shows himself to be, in addition to an epic poet, an intensely lyric poet as well.