s.v. «Luís Vaz de Camões»

Melis, Nicola

2014-01-01

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Abstract

Luís Vaz de Camões is considered the greatest poet of the Lusophone countries because of the influence he had on the Portuguese language. His biography is richer in anecdotes than facts, and even the details of his birth are uncertain.Description Os Lusíadas is an epic work, generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. Its title comes from Lusíadas, ‘Portuguese’, deriving from the Roman name for Portugal, Lusitania. It describes the explorations of the Portuguese and the voyage of Vasco da Gama on his discovery of the route to India, and it is also an account of the intense battle of Catholic Christendom against the advance of Islam, especially in its Sunnī form.