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Published 2022.
This book aims to contribute to the knowledge of the cultural and linguistic relations between Italy and the Crown of Aragon in the 15th century. It studies some relevant aspects of the chivalric ...
Published 2022.
This book aims to contribute to the knowledge of the cultural and linguistic relations between Italy and the Crown of Aragon in the 15th century. It studies some relevant aspects of the chivalric romance entitled Curial e Guelfa, written in Italy around 1443-1448 in Catalan, but mainly Italian in spirit, sources, and onomastics. It is probably the very first work of a genre known as ?humanistic chivalry?, the epitome of which will be Ariosto's Orlando furioso.
The literary context of Milan and Naples (The Three Crowns, Troubadour Lyrics, Humanism) is analysed in the first part of the volume. It is this context that made possible the gestation of the Curial, an extraordinary anonymous romance, which was most likely written by the knight Enyego d'?valos (Inico d'?valos), born in Toledo but raised in Valencia. The second part of the volume is devoted to the study of some lexical, stylistic, and syntactic aspects of the Curial, which show the author's excellent knowledge of Catalan and the constant influence of Italian in the romance.
