The Libro de Alexandre: Medieval Epic and Silver Latin

by Charles F. Fraker

Overview

Fraker examines the style of the Libro de Alexandre, a medieval Spanish epic, and shows how it reflects the influence of Latin poets of the Silver Age, including Ovid and Lucan. He includes an analysis of two other medieval epics, the Trojan War of Joseph of Exeter and the Alexandreis of Gautier de Chatillon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807892497
Publisher:	UNC Department of Romance Studies
Publication date:	01/01/1993
Series:	North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures , #245
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)