Research Catalog

Title

Romance of Evast and Blaquerna / Ramon Llull ; introduction by Albert Soler and Joan Santanach ; translation and notes by Robert D. Hughes.

Author

Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316

Publication

Woodbridge, Suffolk : Tamesis is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd ; Barcelona : Editorial Barcino, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Soler i Llopart, Albert
• Santanach i Suñol, Joan
• Hughes, Robert D.

Description

564 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

The Romance of Evast and Blaquerna' is a novel in which Ramon Llull rebelled against secular literature of chivalry and the court in general, which was so successful in his time. Written around 1283, it tells the fictional biography of Blaquerna, a virtuous young man who aspires to be a hermit, not a knight, but who on encountering the disorder of the world is obliged to remain in it. In his reform efforts, Blaquerna passes through several estates before being elected Holy Father in Rome, allowing him to intervene in all Christendom and work decidedly in favor of the conversion of infidels . With everyone on the path to salvation, he may eventually retire and devote himself to the contemplative life. In this new situation, Blaquerna wrote the Book of the Lover and the Beloved, one of the top works of mystical literature of all time. Published in association with Editorial Barcino. Ramon Llull (1232-1316) was a mystic, missionary, philosopher and author of narrative and poetry. He is credited with writing the first major work of Catalan literature.

Series Statement

Serie B : Textos ; 60

Subject

Europe, Western > Church history > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Church history
• Fiction
• Religious fiction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-564).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- 1 Ramon Llull and his complex relation to literature -- 2 A novel of lengthy gestation: 1276-1283. The question of the title -- 3 Structure and narrative development of Blaquerna -- 4 Blaquerna, a novel exhibiting various axes of interpretation -- 5 The 'Book of the Lover and the Beloved' and the 'Art of Contemplation' -- 6 Narrative models -- 7 Transmission of the work -- Romance of Evast and Blaquerna -- Book one: On matrimony -- Book two, which concerns the order of religion -- On how Blaquerna went in search of his hermitage -- Book three, which concerns prelacy -- Book four, which concerns the papal estate -- Book five: On the eremitic life -- Appendices.

ISBN

• 185566304X
• 9781855663046

OCLC

• 987006081
• SCSB-10927074

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library