Pero López de Ayala as historian and literary artist
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1967-05-31Author
Soper, Cherrie L.
Publisher
University of Kansas
Type
Dissertation
Degree Level
Ph.D.
Discipline
Spanish and Portuguese
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Pero López de Ayala (1332-1407) has traditionally been considered to be Castile's first great historian in the modern sense--a pre-Humanist, whose historical veracity and innovations in style paved the way for a new era in Spanish historiography.
But despite his high reputation, Ayala and his chronicles have mostly been written about in general histories or in histories of literature; few critics have dealt with him exclusively or in detail. It is my intention, therefore, to present a thorough study of the four chronicles--La Crónica del Rey Don Pedro I (1350-1369), La Crónica del Rey Don Enrique II (1369-1379), La Crónica del Rey Don Juan~ (1379-1390), and La Crónica del Rey Don Enrique III (1390-1396), in order to evaluate the chronicler and his work from both the historical and literary points of view.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Spanish and Portuguese, 1967.
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