by Jorge Manrique · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781480208193
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«Coplas a la muerte de su padre» is Jorge Manrique's elegy, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in paperback.
Jorge Manrique wrote these stanzas upon the death of his father, don Rodrigo, grand master of the Order of Santiago. What begins as praise of the hero becomes a meditation on the brevity of life, the equalizing power of death, and the permanence of fame, making this poem a classic of Spanish literature.
Composed around 1477, this elegy belongs to the Spanish Pre-Renaissance; the CreateSpace edition dates from 2012.
Suitable for students of Spanish literature and for anyone wishing to approach medieval Castilian poetry.
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.
