El Conde Lucanor

By F J 1891-1971 Sanchez Canton, Don Juan Manuel, F J. 1891-1971 Sánchez Cantón, et al.

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8437600782
• ISBN13: 9788437600789
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Ediciones Cátedra
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.1" x 0.7" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

fine collection

CONDE LUCANOR is a medieval collection of traditional stories, put together by an irascible Spanish prince in the 13th-14th centuries. Some of there are W. European, some Arabic and some Indian (the "Emperor's New Clothes" and "Taming of the Shrew" are in here, centuries before Shakespeare and H.C. Andersen were born). This is a scholarly edition, so if you don't want footnotes, chose another edition. But the stories are good.