The Book of Count Lucanor and Patronio [electronic resource] : A Translation of Don Juan Manuel's El Conde Lucanor / [translated by] John E. Keller & L. Clark Keating.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Juan Manuel, Infante of Castile, 1282-1347.

Series:

Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 16.

Studies in Romance languages ; 16

Standardized Title:

Conde Lucanor. English

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University of Kentucky Press, 1977.

Language Note:

English

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 tr

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Translators' Introduction; Don Juan Manuel's Table of Contents; Don Juan Manuel's Introduction & Prologue; The Stories of Count Lucanor & Patronio; Bibliographical Essay

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 200-201.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-8625-0

0-8131-6332-3

OCLC:

933516062