A new companion to the Libro de buen amor / edited by Ryan D. Giles and José Manuel Hidalgo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giles, Ryan D. (Ryan Dennis), editor.

Hidalgo, José Manuel, editor.

Series:

Brill's Companions to Medieval Literatures and Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love.

Ruiz, Juan, approximately 1283-approximately 1350. Libro de buen amor.

Ruiz, Juan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"The New Companion to the Libro de buen amor provides a platform for exploring current, innovative approaches to this classic poem. It is designed for specialists and non-specialists from a variety of fields, who are interested in investigating different aspects of Juan Ruiz's poem and developing fruitful new paths for future research. Chapters in the volume show how the book engages with Christian, Jewish and Muslim cultures, and delve into its legacy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Part One sheds light on intersecting cultural milieux, from the Christian court of Castile, to the experience of Jewish and Muslim communities. Part Two illustrates how the poem's meaning through time can be elucidated using an array of theoretical and interdisciplinary approaches. Contributors are Nora C. Benedict, Erik Ekman, Denise K. Filios, Ryan D. Giles, Michelle Hamilton, Carlos Heusch, José Manuel Hidalgo, Gregory S. Hutcheson, Veronica Menaldi, Simone Pinet, Michael R. Solomon"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Ryan D. Giles and José Manuel Hidalgo

Cross-cultural contexts. A poet in the court of King Alfonso : the Libro de buen amor in its courtly context / Carlos Heusch

Reading the Libro de buen amor multiconfessionally / Gregory S. Hutcheson

Carnal, carnival and purim in the Libro de buen amor / Michelle Hamilton

Enchanting go-betweens : mediated love magic in the Libro de buen amor and Iberian grimoires / Veronica Menaldi

Figuring the lamb and the ram : devotion and magic in the pitas payas episode of the Libro de buen amor / Erik Ekman

Theoretical and cross-disciplinary approaches. The parody of translation and representation of space in the Libro de buen amor / Ryan D. Giles

For love of money : rhetorical economics in the Libro de buen amor / Simone Pinet

Isorhythmic motets in the Libro de buen amor : reading the archpriest's adventures as a musical composition / Nora C. Benedict

Sermon, story, song reading and performing the Libro de buen amor / Denise K. Filios

Remediating the Libro de buen amor : immediacy, authenticity, and the pleasure of mediatization / Michael Solomon.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-44861-6

OCLC:

1226076453