Excerpt from The Stoddard Library, Vol. 12: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment With the World's Great Writers
Torquato tasso, an eminent Italian poet. Born at Sorrento, Italy, March 11, 1544; died at Rome, April 25, 1595. Author of Rinaldo, Aminta, Jerusalem Delivered, Jerusalem Conquered and Toris mondo. Nothing is more pitifully tragic than the story of this poet's life, in striking contrast to the splendor of his genius and the grandeur of his work.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book sails through millennia of time, from the mythic mists of ancient Greece to the frozen shores of the modern Antarctic. It explores how the most famous poets have grappled with questions of life and death, good and evil, love and loss, and the search for meaning in an incomprehensible universe. Encountering the works of Tasso and Tennyson will give you a new understanding of our shared humanity and the enduring power of poetry. Yet while the themes may be timeless, the author's perspectives are strikingly modern. You will be constantly struck by the unexpected relevance of these classic verses to our present lives, and how they provide poetic insights into the struggles and triumphs of being human. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9781334911712_0
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