by Ramón Menéndez Pidal · Espasa Calpe Mexicana, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423920105
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«Flor nueva de romances viejos» is the anthology of Spanish romances by Ramón Menéndez Pidal, published by Espasa Calpe Mexicana, S.A. in paperback.
Menéndez Pidal gathers old romances rescued from archives and popular memory. He alternates epic-lyric pieces of heroic and chivalric subject matter —don Rodrigo, el Cid, the Seven Infantes of Lara— with Moorish and border romances, all contextualized and annotated for reading.
The book belongs to the Selecciones Austral collection (no. 10, Poetry), comprises 262 pages and includes a preliminary study, selection and notes by Ramón Menéndez Pidal.
Recommended for scholars and enthusiasts of popular poetry, Spanish folklore and oral tradition.
Ramón Menéndez Pidal was a Spanish philologist and historian. He worked extensively on the history of the Spanish language and Spanish folklore and folk poetry. One of his main topics was the history and legend of El Cid. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 26 separate years, the most nominations of any other person.
