The Spanish Ballad in English (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813151540)

This study offers an introduction to an important branch of Spanish literature-the romance, or ballad. Although a great many of these poems have been translated into English by various authors, they are not generally known nor easily accessible. Collected here for the first time in a single volume is a broad and representative sampling of romances in translation that encompasses historical ballads (including those about Spain's greatest folk hero, el Cid), Moorish ballads, and ballads of chivalr

Author: Shasta M. Bryant
ISBN-10: 0813151546
ISBN-13: 9780813151540
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d