Author: RUIZ, Juan
Title: The Book of Good Love
Description: Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Hardcover. Translation by Elisha Kent Kane. Introduction by John Esten Keller. Small 4to. Grey cloth, gilt. lv, 269pp. Near fine. The famed "Archpriest of Hita" (ca. 1238-1351) was a Spanish clergyman and poet remembered for his epic "Libro de Buen Amor" ("Book of Good Love"), which first appeared in 1330 and was then in expanded form in 1343 -- an enormous rhymed conglomeration of love tales, folklore, legends, religious attacks and so on. From the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94). .

Keywords: World Literature Poetry


See more books from our catalog: Books