Spanish ballads
Spanish ballads
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This is a collection of 16th-century Spanish ballads, from the period when the ballad of tradition, sung and orally transmitted, was polished for printing by poets, musicians and editors. The book contains a general introduction, notes prefacing each group, English translations, and a bibliography.
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Spanish ballads by Colin Smith
The Spanish ballad is well documented from the 16th to the 20th century in substantial, though declining, oral sources, chiefly in Castilian but also in Judeo-Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese. The 70 ballads in this volume are taken from 16th-century printed sources, from the period when the ballad of tradition, sung and orally transmitted, was polished for printing by poets, musicians and editors to meet the taste of the times. There is a general introduction, notes prefacing each group, and others about origins, background, variants, modern oral version, English translations, following each ballad, a bibliography and a glossary of difficult terms. The book is part of the "BCP Spanish Texts" series, designed to meet the needs of the fast-growing A-Level and undergraduate markets for texts in the Spanish language. Each text comes with English notes and vocabulary, and with an introduction by an editor with an expert knowledge both of the work and of the literary and cultural context in which it was produced.
Christopher Smith teaches modern British history at Aberystwyth University, UK.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781853994456 |
| ISBN 10 | 1853994456 |
| Title | Spanish ballads |
| Author | Colin Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2001-09-12 |
| Number of pages | 198 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |