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The New Companion to the Libro de buen amor provides a platform for exploring current, innovative approaches to this classic poem. It is designed for specialists and non-specialists from a variety of fields, who are interested in investigating different aspects of Juan Ruiz’s poem and developing fruitful new paths for future research. Chapters in the volume show how the book engages with Christian, Jewish and Muslim cultures, and delve into its legacy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Part One sheds light on intersecting cultural milieux, from the Christian court of Castile, to the experience of Jewish and Muslim communities. Part Two illustrates how the poem’s meaning through time can be elucidated using an array of theoretical and interdisciplinary approaches.
Contributors are Nora C. Benedict, Erik Ekman, Denise K. Filios, Ryan D. Giles, Michelle Hamilton, Carlos Heusch, José Manuel Hidalgo, Gregory S. Hutcheson, Veronica Menaldi, Simone Pinet, Michael R. Solomon.
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Contributors are Nora C. Benedict, Erik Ekman, Denise K. Filios, Ryan D. Giles, Michelle Hamilton, Carlos Heusch, José Manuel Hidalgo, Gregory S. Hutcheson, Veronica Menaldi, Simone Pinet, Michael R. Solomon.
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Price: $180.00
Pages: 236
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Companions to Medieval Literatures and Cultures
Publication Date:
06 May 2021
ISBN: 9789004448223
Format: Hardcover
Ryan D. Giles, Ph.D. (2005), University of North Carolina, is Professor at Indiana University. The author of numerous articles and two other co-edited volumes, his most recent monograph is Inscribed Power: Amulets and Magic in Early Spanish Literature (2017).
José Manuel Hidalgo, Ph.D. (2006), University of Virginia, is Professor at Georgia Southern University. He is the author of many articles, co-author of a student edition of Cárcel de amor, and editor of La pluma es lengua del alma (2011).
José Manuel Hidalgo, Ph.D. (2006), University of Virginia, is Professor at Georgia Southern University. He is the author of many articles, co-author of a student edition of Cárcel de amor, and editor of La pluma es lengua del alma (2011).