Poem of the Cid : a modern translation with notes / by Paul Blackburn ; edited with a foreword by George Economou ; introduction by Luis Cortest.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blackburn, Paul, 1926-1971.

Economou, George

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Cantar de mío Cid. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Physical Description:

xvi, 174 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Norman : University Of Oklahoma Press, [1998]

Summary:

Few works have shaped a national literature as thoroughly as the "Poem of the Cid" has shaped the Spanish literary tradition. Tracing the life of the eleventh-century military commander Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, called the Cid (from the Arabic Sayyidi, "My Lord"), this medieval epic describes a series of events surrounding his exile. The text of the poem survives in only one early thirteenth-century manuscript copied by a single scribe, yet centuries later the figure of the Cid still was celebrated in the Spanish popular ballad tradition. Today almost every theme that characterizes Spanish literature -- honor, justice, loyalty, treachery, and jealousy -- derives from the "Poem of the Cid".

Restored by poet and medievalist George Economou, this elegant and spirited translation by Paul Blackburn is judged by many the finest English translation of a great medieval poem.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 175).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

0806130229

0806130210

OCLC:

37955497