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Poem of the Cid - A modern translation with notes by Paul Blackburn (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R724
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Poem of the Cid - A modern translation with notes by Paul Blackburn (Paperback, New Ed): Paul Blackburn

Poem of the Cid - A modern translation with notes by Paul Blackburn (Paperback, New Ed)

Paul Blackburn; Edited by George Economou; Introduction by Luis Cortest

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Few works have shaped a national literature as thoroughly as the Poem of the Cid has shaped the Spanish literary tradition. Tracing the life of the eleventh-century military commander Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, called El Cid (from the Arabic Sayyidi, "My Lord"), this medieval epic describes a series of events surrounding his exile. The text of the poem survives in only one early-thirteenth-century manuscript copied by a single scribe, yet centuries later the figure of the Cid still was celebrated in the Spanish popular ballad tradition. Today almost every theme that characterizes Spanish literature-honor, justice, loyalty, treachery, and jealousy--derives from the "Poem of the Cid."

Restored by poet and medievalist George Economou, this elegant and spirited translation by Paul Blackburn is judged by many the finest English translation of a great medieval poem.

General

Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 1998
First published: April 1998
Authors: Paul Blackburn
Editors: George Economou
Introduction by: Luis Cortest
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-3022-4
Categories: Books
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LSN: 0-8061-3022-9
Barcode: 9780806130224

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