El Cancioneiro Geral portugués y algunas distinciones de su congénere, el Cancionero General

Abstract

Hernando del Castillo’s Cancionero General inspired Garcia de Resende to compile his own repertoire of poems written between 1449 and 1516 in Portugal. In the Cancioneiro Geral several poems are convergent with their Castilian counterpart, although the uniqueness of the Portuguese compendium should be emphasized. This study intends to examine the reasons for the “imitation” undertaken by Resende, and identify what is peculiar in the Portuguese compendium. In his Cancioneiro there are many popular texts (such as legends, popular expressions and sayings), in opposition to the strictly erudite poems of the Castilian songbook. By introducing themes of popular tradition in poems created in the aristocratic environment, the Portuguese courtly poets contributed in integrating these texts as part of the scholarly literature.