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The Book of Good Love

by Arcipreste de Hita Juan Ruiz

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This edition is designed to open the enchanting book to all readers of modern Spanish. Raymond Willis has regularized and brought the medieval text as close as possible, without falsification, to modern canons. The text is printed integrally, without annotation. Mr. Willis' English paraphrase, printed on facing pages, is written in syntactical constructions that exactly parallel the Spanish verses, and thus functions as both a glossary and a key to puzzling constructions.Originally published in 1972.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.… (more)
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'The words of good love are secret words...', he wrote. But Juan Ruiz revealed them to the world.

Love is the life-giving spirit, the axle on which the world turns. The infinite tenderness of God for His creation; the Christian's yearning for his Lord. Yet following—at times parodying—this heavenly model, comes the love between women and men. Desires ethereal, ardent—even animalistic: The Book of Good Love honours them all.

Spiritual and scurrilous, romantic and rumbustious: Joan Ruiz's enormous technical versatility is matched by his astonishing variety of tone. Arabic, Jewish and Christian influences jostled and intermingled in the heaving crucible of fourteenth-century Spain. In the Archpriest's incomparable masterpiece, this culture found unforgettable voice...
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Arcipreste de Hita Juan Ruizprimary authorall editionscalculated
Corominas, JoanEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Di Stefano, GiuseppeEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kane, Elisha KentTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
La Gioia, VincenzoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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COLIN SMITH

dear friend and guide
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This edition is designed to open the enchanting book to all readers of modern Spanish. Raymond Willis has regularized and brought the medieval text as close as possible, without falsification, to modern canons. The text is printed integrally, without annotation. Mr. Willis' English paraphrase, printed on facing pages, is written in syntactical constructions that exactly parallel the Spanish verses, and thus functions as both a glossary and a key to puzzling constructions.Originally published in 1972.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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