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Jerusalem Delivered

by Torquato Tasso

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First published
1580
Pages
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Read by Thomas A. Copeland · 14 h 39 min · 20 parts

  1. 01 - Book 1

    41:20

  2. 02 - Book 2

    48:21

  3. 03 - Book 3

    34:49

  4. 04 - Book 4

    44:56

  5. 05 - Book 5

    40:07

  6. 06 - Book 6

    52:58

  7. 07 - Book 7

    51:55

  8. 08 - Book 8

    38:01

  9. 09 - Book 9

    45:49

  10. 10 - Book 10

    35:18

  11. 11 - Book 11

    39:09

  12. 12 - Book 12

    49:38

  13. 13 - Book 13

    37:55

  14. 14 - Book 14

    37:30

  15. 15 - Book 15

    30:58

  16. 16 -Book 16

    35:12

  17. 17 - Book 17

    44:52

  18. 18 - Book 18

    47:13

  19. 19 - Book 19

    59:43

  20. 20 - Book 20

    63:37

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A heavenly messenger arrives at Tortosa to urge Godfrey toward Jerusalem, setting this epic poem's military action in motion. Godfrey gathers the Christian leaders, whose ambitions and loyalties give the campaign a personal dimension. Baldwin desires power, Tancred is troubled by love, and Rinaldo's restless courage seeks examples to follow. Tasso brings divine intervention, formal speeches and the concerns of individual knights into the same verse narrative.

Edward Fairfax's English translation was first published in London in 1600. Its rhymed stanzas carry scenes of council and combat as well as moments of argument between companions. Before an assault, Raymond urges Godfrey to guard his life, while Godfrey explains the vow that requires him to fight. Across the walls, Clorinda prepares her bow. The poem offers readers a close view of how faith, personal obligation and military leadership are expressed through epic storytelling.

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Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) was an Italian poet, playwright and prose writer of the Italian Renaissance, associated with humanism and Mannerism. He wrote narrative and long poems, dramas, dialogues, treatises and odes. His poem "Jerusalem Delivered" retells events from the end of the First Crusade, the siege of Jerusalem in 1099.

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First published
1580
Reading time
About 9 hours
Pages
431
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Thomas A. Copeland