BERNARDO TASSO
\bˈɜːnədˌə͡ʊ tˈasə͡ʊ], \bˈɜːnədˌəʊ tˈasəʊ], \b_ˈɜː_n_ə_d_ˌəʊ t_ˈa_s_əʊ]\
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A Venetian poet; born in 1493; died at Ostiglia, Sept. 4, 1569. In 1536 he married Porzia de' Rossi of Pistoja, and in 1554 retired to Sorrento in order to give himself entirely to literature. There he worked on his epic, "Amadis of Gaul"; besides this he wrote "Floridante", a narrative poem finished by his son Torquato; and also shorter poems called "Amours", "Fishing Eclogues", and "Odes". In prose are the "Discourse on Poetry", and numerous interesting letters.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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