The Book of Count Lucanor and Patronio: A Translation of Don Juan Manuel's El Conde Lucanor (Studies In Romance Languages)

The Book of Count Lucanor and Patronio: A Translation of Don Juan Manuel's El Conde Lucanor (Studies In Romance Languages) image
ISBN-10:

0813152933

ISBN-13:

9780813152936

Author(s): Manuel, Juan
Edition: Reprint
Released: Jul 15, 2014
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
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Description:

Don Juan Manuel, nephew of King Alfonso X, The Wise, knew well the appeal of exempla (moralized tales), which he believed should entertain if they were to provide ways and means for solving life's problems. His fourteenth-century book, known as El Conde lucanor, is considered by many to be the purest Spanish prose before the immortal Don Quixote of Cervantes written two centuries later. He found inspiration for his tales in classical and eastern literatures, Spanish history, and folklore. His stories are not translations, but are his retelling of some of the best stories in existence. The translation succeeds in making the author speak as clearly to the modern reader as to readers of his own time.

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