Five Centuries of Spanish Literature

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Five Centuries of Spanish Literature: From the Cid through the Golden Age
Author Linton Lomas Barrett
Country United States
Language Spanish language (body), English language (notes)
Subject(s) Spanish literature
Genre(s) textbook
Publisher Dodd, Mead & Company (first), Waveland Press (current)
Publication date 1962
Media type trade paperback
Pages 368
Size and weight 1.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches, 14.4 ounces
ISBN ISBN 1-57766-319-5

Five Centuries of Spanish Literature: From the Cid through the Golden Age is a popular textbook providing a selection of Spanish literature from the twelfth through seventeenth centuries. First published in 1962, it is still in use today.

The editor, Linton Lomas Barrett, Ph.D., selected material that portrays significant persons and events that best illustrate the evolution of Spain’s national character. He specifically chose full-length works rather than isolated fragments.

The book is currently published by Waveland Press Inc.

[edit] Table of contents

  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Medieval Period
    • The Twelfth Century
    • The Thirteenth Century
    • The Fourteenth Century
    • The Fifteenth Century
  • Part II. The Modern Age
    • The Renaissance in Spain
    • Lyric Poetry of the Renaissance
    • Mystic Prose
    • Imaginative Fiction
    • The Theater before Lope de Vega
    • Cervantes and the Modern Novel
    • Poetry of the Seventeenth Century
    • The Drama from Lope de Vega to Calderón