by Julio Caro Baroja · Taurus Ediciones, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788430600526
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«Romances de ciego» is the collection of popular ballads edited by Julio Caro Baroja, published by Taurus Ediciones in paperback (486 pages, in Spanish).
A compilation of ballads from the Spanish oral tradition, edited by Julio Caro Baroja. These narrative verse compositions, once disseminated by blind troubadours in squares and markets, gather stories of heroes, bandits, loves and tragedies, and constitute a sample of the Hispanic poetic heritage.
It belongs to number 24 of the Taurus bolsillo collection; the edition was published in Madrid in 1996.
For readers interested in popular literature, the ballad tradition and Hispanic folklore.
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.
