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Title	:	Jerusalem Delivered
Author	:	Torquato Tasso
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 504 pages
Published	:	July 10th 2000 by Johns Hopkins University Press (first published 1581)
Categories	:	Poetry. Classics. European Literature. Italian Literature. Fiction. Literature. Cultural. Italy

Jerusalem Delivered

Torquato Tasso

Paperback | Pages: 504 pages

Rating: 3.88 | 992 Users | 59 Reviews

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Arguably the greatest Italian poet after Dante, Torquato Tasso was born in Sorrento in 1544 and died in Rome in 1595, having served as the court poet in Ferrara, been confined for years in a madhouse after attacking a servant with a knife, and composed one of the great works of Renaissance literature.

Unjustly neglected today, Tasso's epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered'(first published in 1581) is set in the 11th century and tells the story of the First Crusade and the siege which gave Christian armies control over Jerusalem and the Holy Lands for a time.

As in other epic poems, 'Jerusalem Delivered' deftly mixes history and myth. Tasso's heroes - Godfrey, leader of the Christian armies; Rinaldo, bravest of the Christian warriors; and Tancred, the Italian prince who falls in love with the pagan warrioress Clorinda, whom he eventually (and
simultaneously) converts and kills - must face not only the Saracens and their allies, but also a host of fearsome and manipulative devils, demons, and sorcerers.

This is a sweeping and often thrilling tale of war, faith, love, and sex that easily rivals its classical predecessors. Writing at a time when Christianity was bitterly divided, Tasso was naturally concerned with the nature of leadership and loyalty, with the importance of sacrifice, with the evils of corruption, and with the existence of truth, themes that continue to resonate today.

No wonder that for three centuries, 'Jerusalem Delivered' was considered the great modern epic. Indeed, Spenser borrowed scenes and episodes from this poem in writing the 'Faerie Queen', and Milton was greatly influenced by Tasso when writing his own Christian epic, 'Paradise Lost'.

English-language readers who are familiar with Tasso's grand romance have until now known it only through a verse translation by English poet Edward Fairfax published in 1600. In order to fit Tasso's stanzas into the then popular Spenserian verse form, Fairfax had to alter the original poem considerably.

Now, 400 years later, Anthony Esolen presents a new translation that transforms 'Jerusalem Delivered' into an English-language masterpiece. The first major verse translation into English since Fairfax's, Esolen's version is both more true to its original source and more fluid than that of his
Elizabethan predecessor.

Esolen has translated 'Jerusalem Delivered' with the care of poet, capturing the delight of Tasso's descriptions, the different voices of its cast of characters, the shadings
between glory and tragedy, and does them all in an English as powerful as Tasso's Italian.

Esolen's will immediately be acclaimed as the definitive translation of this powerful work of faith and war. Like the
Fagles 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey', the Pinsky 'Inferno', and Seamus Heaney's imaginative new rendering of 'Beowulf', Anthony Esolen's bold, fast-moving, and faithful translation of Tasso's
Crusade-era adventure will introduce a new generation of readers to a masterpiece of world literature.

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Original Title:	Gerusalemme liberata
ISBN:	0801863236 (ISBN13: 9780801863233)
Edition Language:	English

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Absolutely beautiful work, and my favorite epic poem - hands down. I had never heard of this work until I took a class called "From Homer to Star Wars" in which we, as the name implies, started with Homer's epics, and followed major epics through to Star Wars. There are several comments which I wish to make about this incredible piece.1) The poetry is incredible: The description of Satan put my hair on end and left me speechless. Also, note the brilliance of the description of the soldiers

Jerusalem DelivreeBy Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century.He published this major work in 1580 which is an epic imaginative and poetic version of the historic First Crusade and the siege and battles before Jerusalem. (1099)This edition is a new French translation from the original medieval Italian original.The language is still colourful and dramatic, but the beauty of the original rhymed style is lost.I suggest that a reader interested in the beauty of Tassos

Reading epic poetry is always difficult, but I was surprised at how easily I read Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered. A story about love, war, magic, religion, hate; written in beautiful verse and holding some of the most touching poetry I've ever read. After getting used to the form, it turned into a real page-turner!

Beautiful and captivating, even in the (often rhyming) verse translation expertly, brilliantly executed by Anthony Esolen. I never thought that I'd enjoy a verse translation of anything so much.I thought I was reading another tale in the Carolingian Cycle, especially because one of the main characters has the same name as one of Charlemagne's foremost knights, and because Tasso's name constantly occurs beside that of Ludovico Ariosto, author of Orlando Furioso. Instead this story takes place

In the Gerusalemme Liberata Tasso sets out, and succeeds, in writing what may be the quintessential Renaissance epic: drawing obviously on Homer and Vergil he doesn't just try to match classical epic but to over-reach it. By Christianising the heroic quest he gives a different kind of moral and spiritual framework to the genre which is both recognisable and transformed.But this is no dry, dull read: exciting, dramatic and passionate, this is set during the first crusade as the Christian army

Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) wrote Jerusalem Delivered in 1575 (published in 1581). This poetic epic can easily be compared to the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer. Even though Tasso isnt a household name, his works have weathered the test of time and are still highly inspirational. Basically Jerusalem Delivered is an account of the First Crusade (1096-1099) to the Holy Lands. I admit that epic poetry isnt my primary forte but I can still see the literary value in this antiquated historical work. This

Most things I've read comparing Ariosto to Tasso seem to think Tasso the better poet. While I enjoyed this poem, I loved Ariosto. This is well worth the read - I just liked Orlando Furioso more.