by Jorge Manrique · EDIMAT. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484030218
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«Coplas a la muerte de mi padre» is the funeral elegy by Jorge Manrique, published by Edimat in paperback in 1998 (144 pages, in Spanish).
Written in memory of don Rodrigo Manrique, Grand Master of Santiago and the author's father, this 15th-century elegy reflects on the brevity of life, the certainty of death, and the value of memory and virtue in the face of time's passage.
The edition belongs to the Clásicos de siempre collection, number 10, and includes selected works by Jorge Manrique.
For readers interested in classical Spanish poetry and in one of the essential works of 15th-century literature.
Jorge Manrique was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the Coplas por la muerte de su padre , is still read today. He was a supporter of the queen Isabel I of Castile, and actively participated on her side in the civil war that broke out against her half-brother, Enrique IV, when the latter attempted to make his daughter, Juana, crown princess. Jorge died in 1479 during an attempt to take the castle of Garcimuñoz, defended by the Marquis of Villena, after Isabel gained the crown.
