Lusiads, The

By Camões, Luís Vaz de

Book Id: WPLBN0002951576
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File Size: 281.53 MB
Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Lusiads, The
Author:	Camões, Luís Vaz de
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Poetry, Historical Fiction, Literature
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Lusiads, The
Historic Publication Date:	1880
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Vaz De Camões, B. L. (1880). Lusiads, The. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) is a Portuguese epic poem, written in the 16th century by Luis Vaz de Camões. The poem tells the tale of the Portuguese discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries, specially the voyage to India by Vasco da Gama. Modelled after the classic epic tradition, Camões' Lusiads are considered not only the first literary text in Modern Portuguese, but also a national epic of the same level as Vergil's Aeneid. In the 19th century, Sir Richard Francis Burton translated Camões' Lusiads, in what he considered the most pleasing literary labour of his life. (Summary by Leni)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Historical Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Travel