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Coplas por la muerte de su padre
El otoño medieval fue pródigo en producciones literarias sobre el final de la existencia humana. Entre ellas destacan las "Coplas a la muerte de su padre" con las que Jorge Manrique despedía en 1476 a su progenitor, Rodrigo Manrique, fallecido a los setenta años. Según Luis Alberto de Cuenca, responsable de esta edición, se trata de «la composición poética más bella de las letras hispánicas», un tratado sobre la buena muerte que, en palabras de Azorín, «nos sobrecoge un momento y nos hace pensar». Pedro Arjona ilustra magistralmente estos versos funerales que ascienden a la consideración del dolor humano en toda su amplitud y trascendencia.
128 pages, Hardcover
Published August 24, 2022
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Jorge Manrique
113 books31 followersJorge Manrique (c. 1440 – 1479) was a major Spanish poet, whose main work, the Coplas a la muerte de su padre (Stanzas about the Death of his Father), is still read today. He was a supporter of the great Spanish queen, Isabel I of Castile, and actively participated on her side in the civil war that broke out against her half-brother, Enrique IV, when the latter attempted to make his daughter, Juana, crown princess. Jorge died in 1479 during an attempt to take the castle of Garcimuñoz, defended by Marquis of Villena (a staunch enemy of Isabel), after Isabel gained the crown.
Manrique was a great-nephew of Iñigo López de Mendoza (marquess of Santillana), a descendant of Pero López de Ayala, chancellor of Castile, and a nephew of Gómez Manrique, corregidor of Toledo, all important poets of the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. He was, therefore, a member of a noble family of great consequence.
Manrique was a great-nephew of Iñigo López de Mendoza (marquess of Santillana), a descendant of Pero López de Ayala, chancellor of Castile, and a nephew of Gómez Manrique, corregidor of Toledo, all important poets of the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. He was, therefore, a member of a noble family of great consequence.
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August 17, 2024
La poesía trae conocimiento, dicen, que viene a ser placer, incluso en la muerte.
September 3, 2026
Un día más sorprendida y sobrecogida porque la muerte sea un problema tan universal que te veas reflejado en un señor católico del siglo XV
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