Poem of the Cid

by Simpson, Lesley B.

• ISBN13: 9780520011762
• ISBN10: 0520011767
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1957-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

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 Diacute;az 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 Tizoacute;n; of his wife Dontilde;a Elvira and Dontilde;a Sol, "white as the sun," who found santuary with Abbot Don Sancho in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardentilde;a during the Cid's exile; and of the despicable Princes of Carrioacute;n, Diego and Fernando Gonzaacute;lez, 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 ofTwo Novels of Mexicoby Mariano Azuela, Cortes:The Life of the Conquerorby Francisco Loacute;pez de Goacute;mara, andThe Celestina;he is the author ofMany MexicosandThe Encomienda in New Spain.