Making of the Poema De Mio Cid

Klappentext This book discusses the work of The Poema de mio Cid a major text of early Spanish literature. Zusammenfassung The Poema de mio Cid is a major text of early Spanish literature and an epic of great power. This book proposes the view that the Poema was a wholly new work of the early thirteenth century and examines the sources that the poet used for the structure of his work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The twelfth-century background; 2. The Cid in legend and literature of the twelfth century, and the date and authorship of the Poema; 3. The poet, his ethos and ambience; 4. Metrical structures; 5. Historical, literary, and other sources and motives; 6. Linguistic and stylistic resources; 7. 'El romanz es leido, dat nos del vino'; Notes; List of works cited; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Smith, Colin Journalist Smith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521155199
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15519-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Latin America, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: general, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets