The Lusiads (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Luís de Camões
- First Published: 1572
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: Fifteenth century
- Genres: Poetry, Epic, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Voyages, Europe or Europeans, Asia or Asians, Gods or goddesses, Fifteenth century, Sea or seafaring life, Adventure, Portugal or Portuguese people, Exploration or explorers
- Locales: Africa, Europe, Portugal, India
Places Discussed
*Portugal. Fledgling country in Camões’s time to whose remarkable history The Lusiads is dedicated. Camões identifies Portugal as the “crown” on the head of Europe, the nation that has taken the lead in exploring the world and bringing true religion to primitive races. Approximately one quarter of his poem is devoted to a recounting of how his tiny country, long an obscure province of other nations’ empires, eventually became the world’s foremost naval power. In the process of accomplishing this task, the narrative often makes direct...
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