Speaking Truth to Power - The Legacy of the Young Cid

This book traces the evolution of an oral narrative tradition that inspired the Spanish epic poem Mocedades de Rodrigo.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Legendary Response to Charlemagne in Spain
2. Affect and the Quest for Narrative Coherence
3. Chronicle Prose and Rodrigo’s Epic Deeds
4. Holy Warriors: Rodrigo and His Celestial Champions
5. Guillén de Castro’s Mocedades del Cid and the Traditional Ballad
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index

About the author

By Matthew Bailey

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Bailey
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781487506872
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0687-2
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Toronto Iberic
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies