Jorge Manrique's Coplas Por La Muerte de Su Padre

A History of the Poem and Its Reception
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-85566-231-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 298, 226 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Monografías A

A thorough examination of the making of, transmission, and scholarly engagement with one of the most famous poems in the Spanish language.

Completed shortly before Jorge Manrique's death in 1479, the Coplas por la muerte de su padre is arguably the most famous poem in the Spanish language. Since its first circulation in the same era, the text has occupied a prominent place in the Spanish literary tradition, becoming, along with its author, a cultural icon. This book explores the ways in which successive generations of readers and scholars have engaged with the poem. It also contextualizes the Coplas, Manrique's life, and his enduring reputation.
The book is divided into four chapters. The first provides information about the historical setting of the Coplas and its earliest transmission. A chronological survey of the poem's reception comprises chapter 2 (the Renaissance and Baroque eras) and chapter 3 (literary reception in the eighteenth to twenty-first centuries). Chapter 4, "Shifting Literary Perspectives", examines how different perceptions of the meaning and form of the text have changed over the centuries, and the way in which translations have also revealed a variety of interpretations and transformations.

Nancy Marino is Professor of Spanish, Adjunct Professor of History, and Consultant to the Vice President for Research at Michigan State University.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marino, Nancy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Spanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Portugiesische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
The Author and His Work
The Life and times of Jorge Manrique and His Coplas
The Death of Jorge Manrique, the So-called coplas póstumas. and the Date of the Coplas
The Earliest Transmission: Manuscripts and Printed Editions
Renaissance and Baroque Eras
Glosses
The Coplas in Early Spanish Literary Works
The Coplas in Early Didactic Works
Early Musical Reception
The Visual Reception of the Coplas in the Sixteenth Century
The Coplas in Portuguese Literature
Reception in the Eighteenth to Twenty-First Centuries
The Coplas in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
The Coplas in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Literary Responses since 1800
Shifting Literary Perceptions
The Question of Genre
Observations on Meter
On the Structure of the Coplas
On the Sources of the Coplas
Ubi sunt and the Coplas
Rewriting the Coplas: Translations
Afterword
Appendix A: Five Centuries at a Glance: A Selection of Comments about the Coplas
Appendix B: Additional Literary Responses since 1800
Bibliography
Editions Cited
Translations
Works Cited