| Description |
1 online resource (262 pages) |
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Studies in Romance languages ; 8 |
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Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 8.
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| Contents |
COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; I. The Cid Ballads; II. Other Historical Ballads; III. Moorish Ballads; IV. Ballads of Chivalry, Love, and Adventure; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A.A List of Romances that have been translated into English, with the Names of Translators; APPENDIX B. Alphabetical List of Translators and Location of Translations; INDEX OF BALLAD TEXTS; GENERAL INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Summary |
This study offers an introduction to an important branch of Spanish literature -- the romance, or ballad. Although a great many of these poems have been translated into English by various authors, they are not generally known nor easily accessible. Collected here for the first time in a single volume is a broad and representative sampling of romances in translation that encompasses historical ballads (including those about Spain's greatest folk hero, el Cid), Moorish ballads, and ballads of chivalry, love, and adventure. For the collection, Shasta M. Bryant has written a perceptive commentary a |
| Notes |
Includes ballad texts in Spanish with parallel English translation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ballads, Spanish -- Spain -- Texts
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Ballads, Spanish -- Spain -- History and criticism
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POETRY -- Continental European.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval.
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Ballads, Spanish
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Spain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Texts
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813162287 |
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0813162289 |
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