The Poem of the Cid (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520309616)

One of the greatest works of Spanish literature, this eight-hundred-year-old saga narrates the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy D az of Bivar, known as El Cid--"the Lord"--and his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The poem recounts the adventures of a broad cast of characters: the Cid; his peerless steed, Babieca, and his two famous swords, Colada and Tiz n; his wife, Do a Ximena, and his two daughters, Do a Elvira and Do a Sol, who found sanctuary with Abbot Don Sancho in the monastery of San Pedro de Carde a during the Cid's exile; and the black-hearted princes of Carri n, Diego and Fernando Gonz lez. This powerful epic sings of universal human values and failures, loyalty and betrayal.

Author: Lesley Byrd Simpson
ISBN-10: 0520309618
ISBN-13: 9780520309616
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2019
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.50d