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Os Lusíadas

Luís de Camões, Souza Botelho

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*Os Lusíadas*, usually translated as *The Lusiads*, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís de Camões and first published in 1572. It is widely regarded as the most important work of Portuguese-language literature and is frequently compared to Virgil's *Aeneid*. The work celebrates the discovery of a sea route to India by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1469–1524). The ten cantos of the poem are in ottava rima and total 1,102 stanzas. ---------- Os Lusíadas é uma obra poética do escritor Luís Vaz de Camões, considerada a epopeia portuguesa por excelência. Provavelmente concluída em 1556, foi publicada pela primeira vez em 1572 no período literário do classicismo, três anos após o regresso do autor do Oriente. A obra é composta de dez cantos, 1102 estrofes que são oitavas decassílabas, sujeitas ao esquema rímico fixo AB AB AB CC – oitava rima camoniana. A acção central é a descoberta do caminho marítimo para a Índia por Vasco da Gama, à volta da qual se vão descrevendo outros episódios da história de Portugal, glorificando o povo português.

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Edition identifiers ISBN-13 9780141962467

Subjects

  • Poetry
  • History
  • Discovery and exploration
  • Description and travel
  • Explorers
  • Early works to 1800
  • Portuguese Explorers
  • Colonies
  • Translations into English
  • Spanish poetry
  • Portuguese
  • Epic poetry
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Edition2007 · Penguin Books, Limited
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English
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9780141962467
Edition2021 · Digireads.com Publishing
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9781420978209
Edition2021 · Digireads.com Publishing
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9781420979589
Edition1997 · Oxford University Press
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English
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9780191604362
Edition2021 · Shearsman Books
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English
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9781848616790
Edition2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC
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9781016517386
Edition2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC
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9781016512572
Edition2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC
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English
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9780343917883