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Book of Alexander (Libro de Alexandre)

Book of Alexander (Libro de Alexandre)

Such, Peter
Rabone, Richard

Paperback

Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0856688630
ISBN13: 9780856688638
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Oct 19 2009
Pages: 718
Weight: 2.10
Height: 1.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

The Libro de Alexandre is an epic poem about the life of Alexander the Great, written by an anonymous Spanish cleric in the thirteenth century. It is the most substantial poem (and almost certainly the first) composed in the learned cuaderna via verse form and provides a unique insight into the intellectual world from which it sprang. The poem conveys the grim message of Alexander's life, the sense of hubris and the horror of his fall from greatness and domination of the world to the bleak obscurity of the grave. As well as relaying the story of a great ancient figure, the poet also comments on the society and political situation of early thirteenth-century Spain. The combination of eras makes this poem strikingly representative of its time.

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