Libro de Alexandre/ Book of Alexander

Such (Sherborne School) wrote his doctoral thesis at the University of Cambridge on the Libro de Alexandre, and teams up with Rabone (Oxford U.) to present a modern edition with facing English translation of the anonymous 13th-century Spanish verse account of Alexander the Great. It holds an important place in Spanish literature, they say, as the most substantial and probably first work in the learned cuaderna via verse form. It is also of interest to historians because its breadth of scholarship reveals the contours of the intellectual milieu in which it was composed, and its portrayal of ancient virtues comprises a critique of the poet's contemporary society. The text is supported by 80 pages of introduction, and 50 pages of endnotes. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)