The book of tales by A.B.C.
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Bibliographic Information
The book of tales by A.B.C.
（Ibérica, vol. 3）
Peter Lang, c1992
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Libro de los exemplos por a.b.c
Book of tales by ABC
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Libro de los exemplos por a.b.c
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Translation of: Libro de los exemplos por a.b.c. / Clemente Sánchez
Includes bibliographical references (p. [9]-14)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Short stories in the Middle Ages known as exempla (moralized tales) have entertained and instructed Spaniards and others from the Middle Ages until today. The Libro de los enxienplos por a.b.c. (Book of Tales by A.B.C.), the richest collection of prose tales, numbering more than 500, was the creation of the fifteenth-century Archdeacon, Clemente Sanches. Some stories he translated almost literally, others he retold in his own words as he read ancient and medieval documents, some of which are lost in their original form, and some he recast from the oral literature of the folk - all in excellent style. Many of his stories are among the best tales ever told in world literature.
Table of Contents
Contents: A translation of the fifteenth-century Libro de los exienplos por a.b.c. by the Archdeacon Clemente Sanchez. It is the longest collection of prose tales, drawn from sources both literary and popular, in the Spanish language.
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