Torquato Tasso, "King of Poets" – Ep 8

In this first installment in a series about forgotten epic poems, the host examines why Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata," one of the most influential works of post-medieval literature, has suffered a radical reversal of status in the last century. The poet's colorful life and legacy is explored, interspersed with passages from his great epic.

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