This article seeks to problematize our understanding of Tasso’s depiction of Goffredo in the Gerusalemme Liberata. I do so by considering how Tasso revised three passages of the Gottifredo—his poem’s original title—in response to his censors’ recommendations: specifically, I discuss Goffredo’s failed attempt to win Sveno’s sword (omitted from canto 8 of the Liberata), and then turn to the Christian captain’s reactions to Armida’s seduction of his men in canto 4 and to Rinaldo’s killing of the fellow crusader Gernando in canto 5. I argue that, particularly as his character was initially delineated in the Gottifredo, the Christian captain is neither a monolithic embodiment of virtue nor a personification of Tasso’s supposed authoritarianism. Goffredo is, instead, the complex persona of a political and military leader who reveals the flaws buried beneath an apparently impermeable surface.

本文旨在使我们对塔索在《解放解放者》中对戈夫雷多的描写的理解成为问题。我这样做是考虑塔索如何修订的三个通道Gottifredo -他的诗的原题，回应他的审查的建议：具体而言，我讨论戈弗雷多的失败尝试赢得Sveno的剑（从篇章中的8省略Liberata），然后转向基督徒船长对阿米达在Canto 4中引诱他的士兵的反应，以及Rinaldo在Canto 5中杀死同伙十字军Gernando的反应。我认为，尤其是在Gottifredo最初描述他的角色时，基督徒的上尉既不是美德的整体体现，也不是塔索所谓的威权主义的化身。相反，戈弗雷多是政治和军事领导人的复杂角色，他揭示了埋在显然不可渗透的表面之下的缺陷。