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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... - temporary politics , Britain's military support of Spain's resistance to Napoleonic invasion . Two brothers served in the British forces in Spain , along with Captain Alfred Hemans , her future THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA 7 Introduction.
... - temporary politics , Britain's military support of Spain's resistance to Napoleonic invasion . Two brothers served in the British forces in Spain , along with Captain Alfred Hemans , her future THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA 7 Introduction.
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... brother and her fiancé . These issues recur in subsequent poems , especially those in Tales , and Historic Scenes ( 1819 ) , and come into dramatic conflict with the imperatives of nation - defining , heart - rending warfare in The ...
... brother and her fiancé . These issues recur in subsequent poems , especially those in Tales , and Historic Scenes ( 1819 ) , and come into dramatic conflict with the imperatives of nation - defining , heart - rending warfare in The ...
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... brothers to help out and to manage the home while she wrote , and she was now free of a husband's expecta- tions of ... brother George and his wife . Although she again found good society and continued to write and publish , the climate ...
... brothers to help out and to manage the home while she wrote , and she was now free of a husband's expecta- tions of ... brother George and his wife . Although she again found good society and continued to write and publish , the climate ...
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... 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 to save his remaining son , and receives a fatal wound . Ximena dies ...
... 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 to save his remaining son , and receives a fatal wound . Ximena dies ...
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... brothers and a husband - to - be fighting in Spain against the modern blasphemer Napoleon . The Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon , with Britain allied to Spanish patriotism , was enthusiasti- cally cheered in England as a chivalric ...
... brothers and a husband - to - be fighting in Spain against the modern blasphemer Napoleon . The Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon , with Britain allied to Spanish patriotism , was enthusiasti- cally cheered in England as a chivalric ...
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