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- The Book of Count Lucanor and Patronio: A Translation of Don Juan Manuel's El Conde Lucanor
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
- Series: Studies in Romance Languages
summary
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 stories are not translations, but are his retelling of some of the best stories in existence. The translation succeeds in making the author speak as clearly to the modern reader as to readers of his own time.
Table of Contents
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- Title, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- Translators' Introduction
- pp. 1-34
- Don Juan Manuel's Table of Contents
- pp. 35-38
- The Stories of Count Lucanor & Patronio
- pp. 43-196
- Bibliographical Essay
- pp. 197-201
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813163321
Related ISBN(s)
9780813152936, 9780813186252
MARC Record
OCLC
933516062
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No