Poem of the Cid: A Modern Translation with Notes by Paul Blackburn

Few works have shaped a national literature as thoroughly as the Poem of the Cid has shaped...
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Poem of the Cid: A Modern Translation with Notes by Paul Blackburn by Blackburn, Paul

Poem of the Cid: A Modern Translation with Notes by Paul Blackburn

BD$55.02

Poem of the Cid: A Modern Translation with Notes by Paul Blackburn

BD$55.02
Author: Paul Blackburn
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.



Author: Paul Blackburn
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 04/15/1998
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.43w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780806130224

About the Author
Blackburn, Paul: -

Paul Blackburn was among the foremost American poets and translators of the twentieth century.

Cortest, Luis: -

Luis Cortest is Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at the University of Oklahoma.

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