Through the Eyes of a Warrior, Traveller and Poet: Portugal, Malabar and Indian Traditions as Seen by Luís Vaz de Camões ("Os Lusíadas" VII, 17–85)

An adventurer, soldier and great poet, Luís Vaz de Camões (1524–1580) arrived in India in 1555 and remained there till 1567, with ups and mishaps. The author of the Portuguese national epic poem, Camões recounted in a marvellous poetic form the heroic crossing of Vasco da Gama, who reached the Cali...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e5368a2b039146968b16b9831089ecbb2021-11-27T12:54:01ZThrough the Eyes of a Warrior, Traveller and Poet: Portugal, Malabar and Indian Traditions as Seen by Luís Vaz de Camões ("Os Lusíadas" VII, 17–85)10.12797/CIS.21.2019.02.061732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/e5368a2b039146968b16b9831089ecbb2019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1074https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 An adventurer, soldier and great poet, Luís Vaz de Camões (1524–1580) arrived in India in 1555 and remained there till 1567, with ups and mishaps. The author of the Portuguese national epic poem, Camões recounted in a marvellous poetic form the heroic crossing of Vasco da Gama, who reached the Calicut coasts in 1498, skirting for the very first time the Cabo da Boa Esperança (Cape of Good Hope). The paper focuses on the analysis of some ottavas from the 7th canto of Os Lusíadas, in which the arrival of Portuguese sailors and the first meeting with emissaries from the Zamorin are narrated. These passages, concerning the religious and cultural traditions of Malabar (but Indian in general) and its political organization, will be the starting point for a reflection on Indo-Portuguese relationships, as seen not from a historical source, but from a little-studied literary one. David Pierdominici LeãoKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleCamõesPortuguese literaturecolonial historyIndo-Portuguese relationsKeralaIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2019)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Camões
Portuguese literature
colonial history
Indo-Portuguese relations
Kerala
Indo-Iranian languages and literature
PK1-9601
Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PL1-8844
spellingShingle Camões
Portuguese literature
colonial history
Indo-Portuguese relations
Kerala
Indo-Iranian languages and literature
PK1-9601
Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PL1-8844
David Pierdominici Leão
Through the Eyes of a Warrior, Traveller and Poet: Portugal, Malabar and Indian Traditions as Seen by Luís Vaz de Camões ("Os Lusíadas" VII, 17–85)
description An adventurer, soldier and great poet, Luís Vaz de Camões (1524–1580) arrived in India in 1555 and remained there till 1567, with ups and mishaps. The author of the Portuguese national epic poem, Camões recounted in a marvellous poetic form the heroic crossing of Vasco da Gama, who reached the Calicut coasts in 1498, skirting for the very first time the Cabo da Boa Esperança (Cape of Good Hope). The paper focuses on the analysis of some ottavas from the 7th canto of Os Lusíadas, in which the arrival of Portuguese sailors and the first meeting with emissaries from the Zamorin are narrated. These passages, concerning the religious and cultural traditions of Malabar (but Indian in general) and its political organization, will be the starting point for a reflection on Indo-Portuguese relationships, as seen not from a historical source, but from a little-studied literary one.
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title Through the Eyes of a Warrior, Traveller and Poet: Portugal, Malabar and Indian Traditions as Seen by Luís Vaz de Camões ("Os Lusíadas" VII, 17–85)
title_short Through the Eyes of a Warrior, Traveller and Poet: Portugal, Malabar and Indian Traditions as Seen by Luís Vaz de Camões ("Os Lusíadas" VII, 17–85)
title_full Through the Eyes of a Warrior, Traveller and Poet: Portugal, Malabar and Indian Traditions as Seen by Luís Vaz de Camões ("Os Lusíadas" VII, 17–85)
title_fullStr Through the Eyes of a Warrior, Traveller and Poet: Portugal, Malabar and Indian Traditions as Seen by Luís Vaz de Camões ("Os Lusíadas" VII, 17–85)
title_full_unstemmed Through the Eyes of a Warrior, Traveller and Poet: Portugal, Malabar and Indian Traditions as Seen by Luís Vaz de Camões ("Os Lusíadas" VII, 17–85)
title_sort through the eyes of a warrior, traveller and poet: portugal, malabar and indian traditions as seen by luís vaz de camões ("os lusíadas" vii, 17–85)
publisher Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
publishDate 2019
url https://doaj.org/article/e5368a2b039146968b16b9831089ecbb
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