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Torquato Tasso King Torrismondo (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- King Torrismondo
- Publication Name
- King Torrismondo
- Title
- King Torrismondo
- Translator
- Maria Pastore Passaro
- Contributor
- Anthony Oldcorn (Introduction by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0823216349
- EAN
- 9780823216345
- ISBN
- 9780823216345
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Release Date
- 01/01/1996
- Release Year
- 1996
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Type
- Textbook
- Topic
- American / General
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 332 Pages
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This tranlation of Torquato Tasso's ll re Torrismondo, the first to be made directly from the Italian into English, is intended to help those students and scholars who do not command the language of the original text. This translation provides readers with a wider range of the Italian tragedy as a genre; it also allows readers to acquire a deeper awareness of the entire spectrum of the Italian Renaissance in its final brilliance. Tasso's King Torrismondo provides an example of Neo-Aristotelian dramatic theory of the second half of the fifteenth century. It incorporates into the dramatic genre elements of the epic lyric poem. Tasso's langugae can also be studied as an example of "imitation" of Virgil, Dante, Petrach, and Tasso's own epic. Finally, Tasso's Torrismondo affords us an opportunity of comparative analysis of French, English, and Spanish literature in the development of tragedy as a European genre.
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Publisher
Fordham University Press
ISBN-10
0823216349
ISBN-13
9780823216345
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1066539
Product Key Features
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
American / General
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Genre
Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
332 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq4642.E268p37 1997
Edition Number
2
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Tasso not only was one of the titans of Italian literature but also, through the 19th century, cast a large and impressive shadow across the literature of northern Europe. However, in the English-speaking world his classical tragedy King Torrismondo is almost unknown. Thanks to this dual-language edition that neglect may now be remedied. The translator wisely decided not to imitate strictly Tasso's seven- and 11-syllable lines or his rhymes, but instead to translate into prose "as rhythmical as accuracy and taste would allow"; the result is an English style that, like the Italian, is at once moving without being sentimental and noble without being stiff. This beautiful and powerful translation abounds in subtle and responsive perceptions and choices: it makes an excellent case for the work. Anthony Oldcorn's elegant introduction places King Torrismondo in the context of Tasso's life and work. Highly recommended for all academic libraries serving upper-division undergraduates and above., "Tasso not only was one of the titans of Italian literature but also, through the 19th century, cast a large and impressive shadow across the literature of northern Europe. However, in the English-speaking world his classical tragedy King Torrismondo is almost unknown. Thanks to this dual-language edition that neglect may now be remedied. The translator wisely decided not to imitate strictly Tasso's seven- and 11-syllable lines or his rhymes, but instead to translate into prose "as rhythmical as accuracy and taste would allow"; the result is an English style that, like the Italian, is at once moving without being sentimental and noble without being stiff. This beautiful and powerful translation abounds in subtle and responsive perceptions and choices: it makes an excellent case for the work. Anthony Oldcorn's elegant introduction places King Torrismondo in the context of Tasso's life and work. Highly recommended for all academic libraries serving upper-division undergraduates and above." --Choice, Perhaps the most important Italian poet of the sixteenth century, Torquato Tasso's King Torrismondo is a dual language edition translation of his Il re Torrismondo, and the first to be made directly from the Italian into English. This translation provides readers with a wider range of the Italian tragedy as a genre as well as a possible manifestation of a spiritual dilemma, and allows readers to acquire a deeper and more involved awareness of the entire spectrum of the Italian Renaissance in its final brilliance, and therefore, in the inception of a new literary fashion such as we see in those nations influenced by Italian poetry. King Torrismondo affords the reader with an opportunity for comparative analysis of French, English, and Spanish literature in the development of tragedy as a European genre. King Torrismondo is a masterpiece of the translator's art, and a stunning addition to academic literary studies of Italian (and European) Renaissance epic poetry.
Publication Name
King Torrismondo
Copyright Date
1996
Lccn
96-047133
Dewey Decimal
851/.4
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
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