A scrupulous examination of the historical and cultural background of the thirteenth-century epic, a study of its structure and a scholarly explanation of the major episodes of Fernán González. "... a significant addition to the secondary literature on the poem." -David Hook, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies.
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Chapter Two: The Structure of the Poem
- Chapter Three: The Poet's Gothic Spain
- Chapter Four: The Mysterious Origin of Fernán González
- Chapter Five: The Hunt and Prophecy Episode
- Chapter Six: The Hero against Islam
- Chapter Seven: The First Battle against Navarre
- Chapter Eight: Cortes in Leon and Aftermath
- Chapter Nine: The Last Three Battles
- Chapter Ten: Inversion of the Prison Episodes
- Chapter Eleven: Liberation
- Afterword
- General Bibliography