Italy Completed in 1575, first published in 1581. Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata Tasso’s heroic poem in twenty ottava rima cantos fictionalizes the vicissitudes of several leading historical figures from the First Crusade as it...
Spain 1569, 1578, and 1589 (first complete edition) Alonso de Ercilla La Araucana Alonso de Ercilla’s La Araucana (published in Spain in three parts, 1569, 1578, and 1589, the latter gathering all three parts) is probably the best known epic poem of...
England Published: 1590; 1596 Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene Spenser’s The Faerie Queene can be studied, in its local Elizabethan context, as an exemplar of Philip Sidney’s claim that the purpose of poesy is to “teach and delight” and, in its more global...
Spain Part one published in 1605; part two published in 1615. Miguel de Cervantes Don Quijote de la Mancha Introduction commissioned. Author Name Works Cited If applicable. Resources BibliographyImagesWebsitesPerformancesOnline courses Editions:...
Italy / France 1623 Giambattista Marino, Adone (Adonis) Giambattista Marino’s Adone can be characterized as a mythical poem. The well-known love story of Venus and Adonis, featured in Cantos III, VIII, XV, XVII, and XVIII of this poem of 20 cantos, is compounded by...
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