by Julio Caro Baroja · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788470902239
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«Ensayo sobre la literatura de cordel» is the essay by Julio Caro Baroja published by Ediciones Istmo in paperback (533 pages, in Spanish).
A study devoted to literatura de cordel, a form of popular printed matter with wide circulation. Julio Caro Baroja analyzes its history, evolution and cultural significance, with attention to Spanish literature, particularly the output of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and to the relationships between these chapbooks and the rest of literary creation.
It forms part of the Colección Fundamentos, volume 109, a series of classics, and includes bibliographical references.
For students and researchers of Spanish literature and popular culture, as well as for readers interested in chapbooks.
Julio Caro Baroja was a Spanish anthropologist, historian, linguist and essayist. He was known for his special interest in Basque culture, Basque history and Basque society. Of Basque ancestry, he was the nephew of the renowned writer Pio Baroja and his brother, painter, writer and engraver Ricardo Baroja. He is buried in the family plot of the cemetery of Bera, Navarre, near their home, Itzea.
