The Book of Count Lucanor and Patronio: A Translation of Don Juan Manuel's El Conde Lucanor - Paperback
by Juan Manuel
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Availability:In StockContributor:Juan Manuel, John E. Keller, L. Clark KeatingSeries:Studies in Romance LanguagesPublish date:2014-07-15Pages:208
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813152936ISBN-10:813152933UPC:9780813152936Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Hispanic & LatinoSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.59Product ID:SCXK53EDJA
Don Juan Manuel, nephew of King Alfonso X, The Wise, knew well the appeal of exempla (moralized tales), which he believed should entertain if they were to provide ways and means for solving life's problems. His fourteenth-century book, known as El Conde lucanor, is considered by many to be the purest Spanish prose before the immortal Don Quixote of Cervantes written two centuries later. He found inspiration for his tales in classical and eastern literatures, Spanish history, and folklore. His st
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813152936ISBN-10:813152933UPC:9780813152936Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Hispanic & LatinoSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.59Product ID:SCXK53EDJA
John E. Keller, professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of Kentucky, was the author of numerous books, including Daily Life Depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
L. Clark Keating was chairman of the Department of Modem Foreign Languages and Literatures in the University of Kentucky.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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