Amadis of Gaul. a novel of chivalry of the 14th century presumably first written in Spanish / Books III and IV :
In the long history of European prose, few works have been more influential and popular than Amadis of Gaul. It is a landmark work among the knight-errantry tales and probably derives from an oral tradition. Although its original author is unknown, it was likely written during the early fourteenth c...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
©2015.
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Colección: | Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the long history of European prose, few works have been more influential and popular than Amadis of Gaul. It is a landmark work among the knight-errantry tales and probably derives from an oral tradition. Although its original author is unknown, it was likely written during the early fourteenth century, with the first known version of this work, dating from 1508, written in Spanish by Garci Ordóñez (or Rodríguez) de Montalvo. An early bestseller of the age of printing, Amadis of Gaul was translated into dozens of languages and spawned sequels and imitators over the centuries. A handsome, va. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (748 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780813159928 081315992X |