{"product_id":"poem-of-the-cid-a-modern-translation-with-notes-by-paul-blackburn-9780806130224","title":"Poem of the Cid: A Modern Translation with Notes by Paul Blackburn","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Blackburn | George Economou | Luis Cortest\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew works have shaped a national literature as thoroughly as the Poem of the Cid has shaped the Spanish literary tradition. Tracing the life of the eleventh-century military commander Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, called El Cid (from the Arabic Sayyidi, \"My Lord\"), this medieval epic describes a series of events surrounding his exile. The text of the poem survives in only one early-thirteenth-century manuscript copied by a single scribe, yet centuries later the figure of the Cid still was celebrated in the Spanish popular ballad tradition. Today almost every theme that characterizes Spanish literature-honor, justice, loyalty, treachery, and jealousy--derives from the \u003cem\u003ePoem of the Cid.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestored by poet and medievalist George Economou, this elegant and spirited translation by Paul Blackburn is judged by many the finest English translation of a great medieval poem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614652579991,"sku":"9780806130224","price":2163.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780806130224.webp?v=1775095251","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/poem-of-the-cid-a-modern-translation-with-notes-by-paul-blackburn-9780806130224","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}