The Song of the Cid
From a legendary translator: a magnificent new rendering of Spain's national epicVenture into the heart of Islamic Spain in this vibrant, rollicking new translation of The Song of the Cid, the only surviving epic from medieval Spain. Banished from the court of King Alfonso, the noble warrior...
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From a legendary translator: a magnificent new rendering of Spain's national epicVenture into the heart of Islamic Spain in this vibrant, rollicking new translation of The Song of the Cid, the only surviving epic from medieval Spain. Banished from the court of King Alfonso, the noble warrior Rodrigo Diaz, know as the Cid, sets out from Castile to restore his name. In a series of battles, he earns wealth and honor for his men and his king, as well as fame and admiration for himself. But it is in rescuing his daughters from their ill-suited marriages that the Cid faces the ultimate challenge to the medieval heroic ideal.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143105657 (0143105655)
ASIN: 143105655
Publish date: March 31st 2009
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Epic,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Poetry,
Spanish Literature,
Spain
Oh, mio Cid! I'm glad I wasn't forced to read this when I was a teen 'cause I'm sure I would have hated it. Now that I'm almost on my mid twenties I decided to give it a shot; I expected it to be boring and long and I was surprised to have be it be simple but emotive and even interesting. Perhaps it...
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