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Bibliography: Jerusalem Delivered by Tasso, Torquato

Title
Jerusalem Delivered
Author
Tasso, Torquato
Date
1581
Genre
poetry
Note Source
Journal 5/16/1897
Note Relating to Cather
"Homer could only have written after the heroic age, not before it, and there were, perforce, crusades before Tasso could write Jerusalem Delivered. Our poets are always a generation or two behind us."