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 problems. His fourteenth-century book, known as El Conde lucanor, is considered by many to be the purest Spanish prose before the immortal Don Quixote of Cervantes written two centuries later. He found inspiration for his tales in classical and eastern literatures, Spanish history, and...
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The late L. Clark Keating was professor of French at the University of Kentucky.
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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9780813163321 ● Taille du fichier 3.8 MB ● Traducteur John E. Keller & L. Clark Keating ● Maison d’édition The University Press of Kentucky ● Lieu Lexington ● Pays US ● Publié 2014 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 5509006 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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