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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... battle ) , pities her mother and rallies the citi- zens to save her brothers . When Gonzalez refuses to surrender , Abdullah has his elder son ( a willing martyr ) slain before his eyes . Gonzalez rushes into battle in a futile attempt ...
... battle ) , pities her mother and rallies the citi- zens to save her brothers . When Gonzalez refuses to surrender , Abdullah has his elder son ( a willing martyr ) slain before his eyes . Gonzalez rushes into battle in a futile attempt ...
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... battle . England's Dead , also in the volume , ponders the empire not as a realm on which the sun never sets , but as a vast graveyard : " There slumber England's dead ! " Hemans's most famous poem , Casabianca ( which appeared in one ...
... battle . England's Dead , also in the volume , ponders the empire not as a realm on which the sun never sets , but as a vast graveyard : " There slumber England's dead ! " Hemans's most famous poem , Casabianca ( which appeared in one ...
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... Battle of the Nile ( Horatio Nelson's first great victory ) claims the lives of the French admiral Louis de Casabianca and his young son , the subject of FH's most famous poem . His finances suffering , FDB's father closes his Liverpool ...
... Battle of the Nile ( Horatio Nelson's first great victory ) claims the lives of the French admiral Louis de Casabianca and his young son , the subject of FH's most famous poem . His finances suffering , FDB's father closes his Liverpool ...
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... battle of Albuera ( of nearly 60,000 troops , 13,000 were killed ) . George III is deemed incompetent ; the Prince of Wales named Regent . 1812 FDB's The Domestic Affections published , to no success . FDB studying Spanish . Shelley ...
... battle of Albuera ( of nearly 60,000 troops , 13,000 were killed ) . George III is deemed incompetent ; the Prince of Wales named Regent . 1812 FDB's The Domestic Affections published , to no success . FDB studying Spanish . Shelley ...
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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