Stanzas on the Death of His Father: Coplas a la muerte de su padre - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jorge Manrique, Patrick McGuinness (Translator), Geraldine Hazbun (Introduction by)Series:Shearsman ClassicsPublish date:2021-06-11Pages:102
Language:EnglishPublisher:Shearsman BooksISBN-13:9781848617728ISBN-10:1848617720UPC:9781848617728Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:European, MedievalBook Topic:Spanish & PortugueseSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SC86G7PA45
Coplas por la muerte de su padre by Jorge Manrique (c.1440-79) is one of the most celebrated poems in the Spanish language. Written shortly before the poet's death, it is a dignified elegy that speaks not just of a personal loss, that of the poet's father Rodrigo Manrique (d.1476), but of the evanescence of all things sub specie aeternitatis. Its popularity is aided by memorable lines, not least...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Shearsman BooksISBN-13:9781848617728ISBN-10:1848617720UPC:9781848617728Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:European, MedievalBook Topic:Spanish & PortugueseSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SC86G7PA45
Manrique, Jorge: - Jorge Manrique (c.1440-79) came from an exemplary aristocratic background. His grand-father Pedro Manrique was governor of León and married Leonor of Castile, granddaughter of King Enrique II. Jorge's father Rodrigo was a towering figure of the fifteenth-century reconquest, a reputation founded on his military campaigns at the frontier. Rodrigo was honoured by King Juan II as...
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