by Manuel Alvar · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440204318
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«Épica medieval» is the essay by Manuel Alvar, published by Editorial Planeta in paperback (217 pages, in Spanish).
Manuel Alvar analyses the chansons de geste and medieval Hispanic and European epic poetry: their origin, transmission, metre and social function, as well as the role of legendary heroes in the formation of languages and national identities. The study combines textual criticism with cultural history to explain how these narrative poems shaped the subsequent literary tradition.
The edition is from 1988 and its ISBN number is 9788440204318.
Suitable for students of Hispanic philology and readers interested in medieval literature and European cultural history.
Manuel Álvares was a Jesuit educator in Portugal. His Latin grammar, De institutione grammatica libri tres, is considered one of the worldwide most influential Latin grammars ever.
