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Curial E Güelfa
''Curial e Güelfa'' is an anonymous Catalan chivalric romance of the fifteenth century, notable for incorporating elements of Italian humanism. Known from a single manuscript and unpublished until the twentieth century, it is today considered a highly original masterpiece. The romance is set in the late thirteenth century. Curial and Güelfa, the title characters, are a knight and his lady. Curial travels widely, performing deeds of chivalry, but a rift opens between him and Güelfa. During further travels he is shipwrecked and enslaved in a pagan land. He escapes with a fortune and, after defeating the pagans, is reunited to Güelfa. Date, place and authorship ''Curial'' was probably written in the period 1443–1448 or thereabouts. Since it refers to the Hospitaller '' langue'' of Spain, it was probably completed before 1462, when that ''langue'' was divided between Aragon and Castile. It is written in the Valencian dialect of Catalan, which was then the prestige dialect, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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