The Spanish Ballad in English

By Shasta M. Bryant

Book Overview

This study offers an introduction to an important branch of Spanish literature-the romance, or ballad. Although a great many of these poems have been translated into English by various authors, they are not generally known nor easily accessible. Collected here for the first time in a single volume is a broad and representative sampling of romances in translation that encompasses historical ballads (including those about Spain's greatest folk hero, el Cid), Moorish ballads, and ballads of chivalr

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813151546
• ISBN13: 9780813151540
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher