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Poem of the Cid: A Modern Translation With Notes

By Paul Blackburn , George Economou , Luis Cortest

Book information

Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0806130229, 9780806130224, 9780585145174
LCC
PQ6367.E3 B513 1998
Open Library ID
OL696218M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
295 kB (301928 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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.

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