Back to Books VII and VIII of Amadís in the English tradition

Abstract

Ortiz-Salamovich (2020) has recently suggested that Juan Díaz’s Lisuarte de Grecia should be added to the English canon of Iberian romances, since it served as the ultimate source for the work titled Don Flores of Greece, printed in London in 1664. Despite preceding Book VII by almost three decades, Ortiz-Salamovich designates Don Flores as Book VIII of the Amadis cycle, whilst Pardo García has argued that the English series was published in chronological order, even though «the numbering given to the English books by specialists» (2021, 221) suggests otherwise. This article discusses the chronology, order of publication and bibliographical features of the last two parts of the English Amadis cycle