The Poem of the Cid - Softcover

Simpson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520011767 ISBN 13: 9780520011762

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

Synopsis

Students of Spanish literature have long been familiar with this eight-hundred-year-old epic which details the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy Diaz of Bivar, the Cid, "he who in happy hour was born." They have known of the Cid's part in the long contest between Christian and Moslem; of his peerless steed Babieca and of his two famous swords, Colada "the precious" and Tizon; of his wife Dona Elvira and Dona Sol, "white as the sun," who found santuary with Abbot Don Sancho in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardena during the Cid's exile; and of the despicable Princes of Carrion, Diego and Fernando Gonzalez, whose hearts were black with evil. Lesley Byrd Simpson here makes this masterpiece of Spanish literature accessible to English readers in a translation that preserves the verve, realism, and humor of the original. Mr. Simpson is the translator of Two Novels of Mexico by Mariano Azuela, Cortes: The Life of the Conqueror by Francisco Lopez de Gomara, and The Celestina; he is the author of Many Mexicos and The Encomienda in New Spain.

About this title

About the Author:

Lesley Byrd Simpson was a renowned translator of many great works of Spanish literature. His translations of The Celestina and The Poem of the Cid (both UC Press books) in particular preserve the vigor and colloquial flavor of the original.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0520011767
• ISBN 13: 9780520011762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160