Menocal, Maria Rosa; Raffel, Burton.

The Song of the Cid. A dual-language edition with parallel text. Translated by Burton Raffel ; introduction and notes by MariÌa Rosa Menocal.

New York, Penguin Books, 2009. 20 cm. XXIX, 254 pages. Original Softcover. Secondhand book in very good condition. [Penguin classics].

One of the finest of epic poems, and the only one to have survived from medieval Spain, The Song of the Cid recounts the adventures of the warlord and nobleman Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar both – ‘Mio Cid’. A forceful combination of heroic fiction and historical fact, the tale seethes with the restless, adventurous spirit of Castile, telling of the Cid’s unjust banishment from the court of King Alfonso, his victorious campaigns in Valencia and the crowning of his daughters as queens of Aragon and Navarre – the high point of his career as a warmonger. An epic that sings of universal human values, this is one of the greatest of all works of Spanish literature. (Publishers information).

• Keywords: History · Spanish history · Spanish Literature · Spanish Poetry
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780143105657
• Inventory Number: 400424AB

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