Ginés Pérez de Hita
Ginés Pérez de Hita (1544? – 1619?) was a Spanish novelist and poet, born at Mula (Murcia) about the middle of the 16th century.
It is likely that he joined the
Guerras civiles de Granada
Pérez de Hita owes his wide celebrity to the Historia de los bandos de los Zegríes y Abencerrajes (1595–1619), better known as the Guerras civiles de Granada ("Wars of Granada"), which purports to be a chronicle based on an Arabic original ascribed to a certain Aben-Hamin. Abed-Hamin is a fictitious character, and the "Wars of Granada" is, in reality, a
In the first part, the events which led to the downfall of
The second part is concerned with the author's personal experiences and the treatment is effective; yet, though Calderón's play, Amar después de la muerte, is derived from it, this less picturesque second part has never enjoyed the vogue or influence of the first. The exact date of Pérez de Hita's death is unknown. His blank verse rendering of the Crónica Troyana, written in 1596, exists in manuscript.[1]
References
Modern editions
- Historia de los bandos de zegríes y abencerrajes (primera parte de las "Guerras Civiles de Granada".) [2]
- La guerra de los moriscos (segunda parte de las "Guerras Civiles de Granada".)[3]
- Guerras civiles de Granada[4]
Notes
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ISBN 978-84-338-2569-8Editorial Universidad de Granada, 1999
- ISBN 84-338-2445-7Editorial Universidad de Granada, 1998
- ISBN 84-96528-09-XSimancas Ediciones, 2005
Sources
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1911). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hita, Ginés Perez de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 533. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the