Book of Alexander : (Libro de Alexandre) /
The Libro de Alexandre is an epic poem about the life of Alexander the Great, written by an anonymous Spanish cleric in the thirteenth century. It is the most substantial poem (and almost certainly the first) composed in the learned cuaderna via verse form and provides a unique insight into the inte...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Liverpool University Press,
2009.
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Colección: | Classical texts.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Map of Alexander's campaigns
- The life of Alexander the Great
- a chronology
- Map of the Iberian Peninsula in the early thirteenth century
- Events of the early thirteenth century
- Illustrations
- Alexander tells his troops the story of the siege of Troy
- Alexander comes close to death after swimming in the River Cydnus
- A eleventh-century map of the world
- The labours of the months
- Notes on the illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. The distinctiveness of the Libro de Alexandre
- 2. A novel enterprise: the poet's 'manifesto'
- 3. The manuscripts and the questions of date and authorship
- 4. Spain in the early thirteenth century: the background to the composition of the Libro de Alexandre
- 5. Alexander the Great in history and in literary tradition: our poet's sources
- 6. Style and structure: the poet finds his voice
- 7. Warriors, kings and scholars
- triumph but humility: the themes of the Libro de Alexandre
- 8. The Libro de Alexandre: a synopsis
- 9. The Spanish text
- 10. The translation
- Select Bibliography