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
... Ximena ( El Cid's wife is her namesake ) , agrees , but 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 ...
... Ximena ( El Cid's wife is her namesake ) , agrees , but 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 ...
Page 11
... Ximena . Gonzalez scorns her , but Ximena ( quietly dying in grief for a beloved already fallen in battle ) , pities her mother and rallies the citi- zens to save her brothers . When Gonzalez refuses to surrender , Abdullah has his ...
... Ximena . Gonzalez scorns her , but Ximena ( quietly dying in grief for a beloved already fallen in battle ) , pities her mother and rallies the citi- zens to save her brothers . When Gonzalez refuses to surrender , Abdullah has his ...
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... Ximena Díaz , but suspicious of his popularity and agenda , Alfonso banished him from Castile around 1081. El Cid then turned soldier of fortune , even serving the Muslim Moorish ruler of Saragossa ( the most important city of Aragón ...
... Ximena Díaz , but suspicious of his popularity and agenda , Alfonso banished him from Castile around 1081. El Cid then turned soldier of fortune , even serving the Muslim Moorish ruler of Saragossa ( the most important city of Aragón ...
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... Ximena his worthy mate . These " romances , " first collected in the sixteenth century , inspired Guillén de Castro's drama Mocedades del Cid ( 1618 ) , the source of Pierre Corneille's Le Cid ( 1637 ) , a Euro- pean classic . Southey's ...
... Ximena his worthy mate . These " romances , " first collected in the sixteenth century , inspired Guillén de Castro's drama Mocedades del Cid ( 1618 ) , the source of Pierre Corneille's Le Cid ( 1637 ) , a Euro- pean classic . Southey's ...
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... Ximena is listed as " his daughter ” ( in 1823 , she is listed as " Her Daughter ” - that is , Elmina's ) . Hemans's equivocation of lineage indexes the ago- nized commitments that besiege Ximena , ones that play out more fully in the ...
... Ximena is listed as " his daughter ” ( in 1823 , she is listed as " Her Daughter ” - that is , Elmina's ) . Hemans's equivocation of lineage indexes the ago- nized commitments that besiege Ximena , ones that play out more fully in the ...
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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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