The book of the knight Zifar : a translation of El libro del cavallero Zifar / Charles L. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Charles L. (Charles Leslie), 1922-1995, author.

Series:

Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 27.

Studies in Romance Languages ; 27

Standardized Title:

Cifar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cifar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University of Kentucky Press, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Book of the Knight Zifar (or Cifar), Spain's first novel of chivalry, is the tale of a virtuous but unfortunate knight who has fallen from grace and must seek redemption through suffering and good deeds. Because of a curse that repeatedly deprives him of that most important of knightly accoutrements -- his horse -- Zifar and his family must flee their native India and wander through distant lands seeking to regain their rank and fortune. A series of mishaps divides the family, and the novel follows their separate adventures -- alternatively heroic, comic, and miraculous -- until at length

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Prologue; ONE: The Knight of God; TWO: The King of Mentón; THREE: The Instructions of the King of Mentón; FOUR: The Adventures of Roboán

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6415-X

OCLC:

565962533