Gebir, and Count Julian

Gebir, and Count Julian PDF

Author: Walter Savage Landor

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-04

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Gebir, and Count Julian" by Walter Savage Landor. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Gebir

Gebir PDF

Author: Walter Savage Landor

Publisher:

Published: 2022-10-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781955190602

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First published in 1798 when Landor was just twenty-four, Gebir is the story of an Iberian prince who invades Egypt in order to rebuild the city of his ancestors and falls in love with Queen Charoba. Supernatural forces thwart his every attempt to rebuild, and he must descend to the underworld before fulfilling his tragic destiny. In addition to the full text of the revised 1803 edition of Gebir, this volume includes Landor's "Postscript to Gebir", two other epic poems based on ancient legends composed around the same time, the short poem "Apology for Gebir", and a critical introduction by the editor.

Gebir

Gebir PDF

Author: Walter Savage Landor

Publisher: Book Jungle

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9781438529417

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Walter Savage Landor was a 19th century English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylme. In 1793 Landor went to Trinity College, Oxford. Gebir was first begun in Latin and then Landor switched to English. "Gebir" tells the story of a prince of Spain who falls in love with his enemy Queen Charoba of Egypt. Gebir promises his father he will settle an ancestral feud by invading Egypt. When he reaches Egypt his thoughts turn to love and he seeks to rebuild the past. His brother Tamar must deal with a sea nymph far away from the struggles of mankind.

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