The book of Count Lucanor and Patronio : a translation of Don Juan Manuel's El Conde Lucanor / [translated by] John E. Keller & L. Clark Keating.

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Juan Manuel, Infante of Castile, 1282-1347

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Series: Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 16.Publication details: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©1977.Description: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813163321
0813163323

Uniform titles:

Conde Lucanor. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Book of Count Lucanor and Patronio : A Translation of Don Juan Manuel's El Conde Lucanor.DDC classification:

863/.1 23

LOC classification:

PQ6401

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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.

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.

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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.

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