Which canto discusses indian culture in the poem 'the lusiads'?
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The Lusiads
World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historic Events That Influenced Them
COPYRIGHT 1999 The Gale Group, Inc.
The Lusiads
By Luís de Camões
THE LITERARY WORK
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An epic poem set in Portugal, Africa, and India and at sea between 1139 to the mid-1500s; published in Portuguese (as Os Lusfadas) in 1572, in English in 1655.
SYNOPSIS
Portugal’s national epic poem, The Lusiads celebrates the Portuguese nation and its discovery of the sea route to India, including a recapitulation of the entire history of Portugal and a competition between Roman gods to promote or foil the expedition.
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