by Jorge Manrique · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781537245942
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«Coplas a la muerte de su padre» is Jorge Manrique's elegiac poem, published by CreateSpace in paperback (24 pages, in Spanish).
The elegy reflects on the transience of life, fame, fortune and death from a Christian perspective, blending medieval tradition with Renaissance echoes. It draws on classical precedents, Ecclesiastes and the history of Castile; it is a summit of Spanish poetry.
Rodrigo Manrique, Grand Master of Santiago and father of Jorge Manrique, died in November 1487; the poet composed the elegy after that death.
Aimed at literature students and readers of classical Spanish 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.
