Amadis of Gaul, Books III and IV

Informationen zum Autor Edwin Place was professor emeritus at Northwestern University. Herbert Behm taught language arts in California. Klappentext In the long history of European prose, few works have been more influential and popular than Amadis of Gaul. It is a landmark work among the knight-errantry tales and probably derives from an oral tradition. Although its original author is unknown, it was likely written during the early fourteenth century, with the first known version of this work, dating from 1508, written in Spanish by Garci Ordóñez (or Rodríguez) de Montalvo. An early bestseller of the age of printing, Amadis of Gaul was translated into dozens of languages and spawned sequels and imitators over the centuries. A handsome, valiant, and undefeatable knight, Amadis is best known today as Don Quixote's favorite knight-errant and role model. Readers for centuries have delighted in his tales of adventure. Zusammenfassung In the long history of European prose, few works have been more influential and popular than Amadis of Gaul. Although its original author is unknown, it was likely written during the early fourteenth century, with the first known version of this work, dating from 1508, written in Spanish by Garci Ordóñez (or Rodríguez) de Montalvo.

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• Authors: Herbert Behm, Garci R de Montalvo, Garci R. De Montalvo, Garci R. Place De Montalvo, Edwin Place, Edwin (TRN)/ Behm Place
• Assisted by: Herbert Behm (Translation), Edwin Place (Translation)
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2009
• EAN: 9780813192321
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-9232-1
• No. of pages: 750
• Series: Studies in Romance Languages;
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories