by Don Juan Manuel, José Manuel Blecua · Castalia Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788470390616
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«El Conde Lucanor» is the book of exemplary tales by Don Juan Manuel, edited by José Manuel Blecua, published by Castalia Ediciones in paperback.
Count Lucanor presents to Patronio, his teacher and adviser, various situations that trouble him. Patronio clarifies each doubt with a related tale or example, from which a practical moral is drawn. Composed in the fourteenth century, the work is a classic of medieval Spanish didactic prose.
Volume 9 of the Clásicos Castalia collection. Edited by José Manuel Blecua, with an updating note by Fernando Gómez Redondo and a biographical and critical introduction, bibliography and glossary.
Recommended for students of Spanish literature and for those who wish to approach medieval classics.
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.
