by Don Juan Manuel · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437600789
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«El Conde Lucanor» is Don Juan Manuel's collection of exemplary tales, published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (344 pages, in Spanish).
At the beginning of the 14th century, Don Juan Manuel brings together the stories that Count Lucanor presents to his adviser Patronio; each answer becomes a moralizing example. El Conde Lucanor stands out for its structural clarity and careful style, and marks a milestone in the evolution of medieval Spanish prose.
Volume 53 of the Letras Hispánicas collection, edited by Alfonso I. Sotelo. The original title of the work is «Libro de los enxiemplos del Conde Lucanor e de Patronio».
Aimed at readers of classics and students of medieval literature; it can be used in school and university settings.
Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did. During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.
