The Siege of Valencia: A Parallel Text EditionBroadview Press, 2002 M09 19 - 315 pages This parallel text edition of Felicia Hemans’s important dramatic poem presents the 1823 publication alongside a transcription of the original manuscript, offering a unique glimpse at her compositional process. Situated in medieval Spain, in the heat of Moorish-Christian conflicts, this complex political tragedy is both a rich historical narrative and a commentary by the poet on her own post-Napoleonic world. The Broadview edition also includes selections of related poetry, excerpts from source texts, and contemporary reviews. |
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Page 10
... Elmina pleads in anguish for her sons ' lives . Gonzalez berates her , invoking national and dynastic honor , and not hesitating to gender this system of values : honor is male , dishonor female . In anger and despair Elmina seeks out ...
... Elmina pleads in anguish for her sons ' lives . Gonzalez berates her , invoking national and dynastic honor , and not hesitating to gender this system of values : honor is male , dishonor female . In anger and despair Elmina seeks out ...
Page 11
... Elmina's frailty and counsels to her to accept the glorious martyrdom of her sons . In des- peration , Elmina disguises herself to visit the Moors ' camp , to see her sons ( the elder is brave , the younger terrified ) and to make a ...
... Elmina's frailty and counsels to her to accept the glorious martyrdom of her sons . In des- peration , Elmina disguises herself to visit the Moors ' camp , to see her sons ( the elder is brave , the younger terrified ) and to make a ...
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... Elmina's ) . Hemans's equivocation of lineage indexes the ago- nized commitments that besiege Ximena , ones that play out more fully in the manuscript . In both versions , Ximena is " his " daughter in her embrace of honor in war at all ...
... Elmina's ) . Hemans's equivocation of lineage indexes the ago- nized commitments that besiege Ximena , ones that play out more fully in the manuscript . In both versions , Ximena is " his " daughter in her embrace of honor in war at all ...
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... Elmina , for the only female claim they acknowledge is that of his own ( feminized ) heart of recalling . Elmina is triply excluded , first from the line of child - production that goes from He - god to father , then by her husband's ...
... Elmina , for the only female claim they acknowledge is that of his own ( feminized ) heart of recalling . Elmina is triply excluded , first from the line of child - production that goes from He - god to father , then by her husband's ...
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... Elmina , too , it was through a filter of already codified " femi- nine " expectation that translated her passion in the genre of female song . They seemed tone - deaf to Elmina's stormy plea to Gonzalez for their sons ' lives , a ...
... Elmina , too , it was through a filter of already codified " femi- nine " expectation that translated her passion in the genre of female song . They seemed tone - deaf to Elmina's stormy plea to Gonzalez for their sons ' lives , a ...
Contents
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The Siege of Valencia A Parallel Text | 37 |
Songs of the Cid | 241 |
The Chieftains Son | 253 |
From Songs of Spain | 255 |
From Poema del Cid | 257 |
From Robert Southeys Chronicle of the Cid | 262 |
Letters by Felicia Dorothea Browne later Hemans 180809 | 286 |
Reviews and Receptions | 288 |
Bibliography | 314 |
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Common terms and phrases
ABDULLAH Alfonso Almoravides ALPHONSO arms aught ballad banner battle bear beneath blood brave breath bright brow Castile Chorley Christian Cid's CITIZEN Convention of Cintra dark dead death deep doth e'en Earth El Cid ELMINA Ev'n fair faith father fearful Felicia Felicia Browne Felicia Hemans FH's flowers GARCIAS glorious glory GONSALVO GONZALEZ grief hand hast thou hath hear heard heart Heaven Hemans Hemans's HERNANDEZ honour hope hour Jerome McGann Joanna Baillie King Bucar lances land live look look'd mighty Moorish Moors mother ne'er night noble o'er passionate poem poetry pour'd proud rest Rio Verde Roncesvalles scene scorn Siege of Valencia song sons soul sound Southey Spain Spanish speak spears spirit steed strength sword tell thee things thou hast thought thro Tizona unto victory voice warriors wild winds wouldst Ximena ΙΟ ΧΙΜΕΝΑ