by Jorge Manrique · Anaya Multimedia · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788479693039
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«Coplas» is the elegy by poet Jorge Manrique, published by Anaya Multimedia in paperback (94 pages, in Spanish).
The text, composed in memory of Rodrigo Manrique, Grand Master of Santiago and the author's father, meditates on the transience of existence, the vicissitudes of fortune, and the closeness of death. Its sober language and philosophical depth have made it a fundamental work of fifteenth-century Castilian poetry.
The edition was published in 1992 in the «Biblioteca de El Sol» collection (no. 269); the cover features black-and-white botanical illustrations.
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.
