Epic Encounters: from Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata to Miklós Zrinyi's Obsidio Szigetiana

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Tasso's epic poem about the first crusade is related to contemporary Turkish threats; it was influential all over Europe, in Dukrovnik Gundulic wrote an imitation ono the Polish-Turkish war and the death of Osman II, in Hungary Zrinyi wrote about the fall of Sziget with a view of national unty in the war against the turks.
Translated title of the contributionEpiske konfrontationer: fra Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata to Miklós Zrinyi's Obsidio Szigetiana
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFoundational Texts of World Literature
EditorsDominique Jullien
Number of pages19
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherPeter Lang
Publication date2011
Pages119-137
ISBN (Print)978-1-4331-1269-0
Publication statusPublished - 2011
SeriesCurrents in Contemporary Romance Languages and Literatures
Volume184
ISSN0893-5963

    Research areas

  • Faculty of Humanities - Comparative Literature, Epic poetry, Italy, Dubrovnik, Hungary, Tasso, Gundulic, Zrinyi, crusuade, Turkish wars

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