by Jorge Manrique · Editorial Edaf, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788441413078
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«Coplas a la muerte de su padre» is an elegiac poem by Jorge Manrique, published by Editorial Edaf in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Poetic work written as an elegy for the death of his father, in which Jorge Manrique reflects on life, fortune, and death. The poem combines the medieval tradition with features that herald the Renaissance, and is considered a reference work of Spanish poetry.
Edition by Amparo Medina-Bocos, in the Biblioteca Edaf collection. Originally composed in 1477, this edition was published in 2006.
For students of Spanish literature and readers of classical poetry interested in the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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.
