A thorough examination of the making of, transmission, and scholarly engagement with one of the most famous poems in the Spanish language.

PrefaceThe Author and His WorkThe Life and times of Jorge Manrique and His CoplasThe Death of Jorge Manrique, the So-called coplas póstumas. and the Date of the CoplasThe Earliest Transmission: Manuscripts and Printed EditionsRenaissance and Baroque ErasGlossesThe Coplas in Early Spanish Literary WorksThe Coplas in Early Didactic WorksEarly Musical ReceptionThe Visual Reception of the Coplas in the Sixteenth CenturyThe Coplas in Portuguese LiteratureReception in the Eighteenth to Twenty-First CenturiesThe Coplas in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesThe Coplas in the Twentieth and Twenty-First CenturiesLiterary Responses since 1800Shifting Literary PerceptionsThe Question of GenreObservations on MeterOn the Structure of the CoplasOn the Sources of the CoplasUbi sunt and the CoplasRewriting the Coplas: TranslationsAfterwordAppendix A: Five Centuries at a Glance: A Selection of Comments about the CoplasAppendix B: Additional Literary Responses since 1800BibliographyEditions CitedTranslationsWorks Cited