An edition of Os Lusíadas (1572)

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Luís de Camões
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An edition of Os Lusíadas (1572)

Os Lusíadas

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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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Portuguese
Pages
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Cover of: Os Lusíadas
Os Lusíadas
2008-11-11, Project Gutenberg
Ebook in Portuguese
Cover of: Os Lusíadas
Os Lusíadas
2002-07-01, Project Gutenberg
Ebook in Portuguese
Cover of: Os Lusíadas
Os Lusíadas
1965, Livraria Tavares Martins
in Portuguese
Cover of: Los Lusiadas de Luis de Camoems
Los Lusiadas de Luis de Camoems
1874, Empresa editorial La Ilustracion
in Spanish
Cover of: Os Lusiadas
Os Lusiadas
1874, Trübner
in German
Cover of: Os Lusiadas
Os Lusiadas: poema epico
1871, Cruz Coutinho
in Portuguese - Nova ed., contendo:
Cover of: Die Lusiaden
Die Lusiaden: Heroisch-episches gedicht
1869, Verlag des Bibliographischen instituts
in German
Cover of: Os Lusiadas
Os Lusiadas
1868, E.&H. Laemmert
in Portuguese - Nova ed.
Cover of: Os Lusiadas
Os Lusiadas
1865, Va J.-P. Aillaud, Guillard e ca
in Portuguese - Nova ed.
Cover of: Os Lusiadas de Luiz de Camões
Os Lusiadas de Luiz de Camões
1859, Officina typographica de F. Didot, Rua da Quitanda
in Portuguese - Nova ed.
Cover of: Os Lusiadas
Os Lusiadas: poema epico
1856, E. & H. Laemmert
in Portuguese - Nova ed., para uso das escolas,
Cover of: Os Lusiadas de Luiz de Camões
Os Lusiadas de Luiz de Camões
1847, Officina typographica de F. Didot, Rua da Quitanda, 97
in Portuguese - nova ed.
Cover of: Lusiada di Camoens, trasportata in versi italiani
Lusiada di Camoens, trasportata in versi italiani
1814, Stamperia della marina e della gazzetta
in Italian

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Red and black.

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xxxv, 581 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of color plates.
Number of pages
581

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OL52318759M
OCLC/WorldCat
21746174

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