by Ramón Menéndez Pidal · ESPASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423919598
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«Poesía juglaresca y juglares» is Ramón Menéndez Pidal's essay on the origins of Romance literatures, in paperback (522 pages, in Spanish).
Menéndez Pidal analyzes the role of minstrels and minstrel poetry in the formation of Romance literatures. The study covers Spanish poetry up to the 15th century and addresses oral transmission, poetic genres and the historical context of these performers.
With a prologue by Rafael Lapesa, it belongs to the Austral Collection of Espasa Calpe and includes bibliographic references and an index.
A reference work for scholars of medieval Spanish literature and the history of literary criticism.
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.
