by Guillén de Castro · Orbis. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440216199
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«Las mocedades del Cid» is the play by Guillén de Castro published by Orbis in hardcover (187 pages, in Spanish).
The play dramatizes the youth of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the Cid Campeador: his passage from childhood to marriage with Jimena and the episodes that reveal his bravery, his honor and his loyalty to the king. These traits gradually forge his status as a legendary hero of the Spanish tradition.
Written by Guillén de Castro, this work was originally published in 1618. This 1994 Orbis-Fabbri edition belongs to the collection «Historia de la literatura española».
For readers of classical Spanish theater and Golden Age literature interested in the literary origin of the Cid Campeador.
Guillén de Castro y Mateo was a Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. He was distinguished member of the "Nocturnos", a Spanish version of the "Academies" in Italy.
