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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... father , suffering reversals , closed up shop and moved the family to a coastal village in North Wales . The family could not afford schooling for her , so her mother undertook her education , teaching her languages and encouraging her ...
... father , suffering reversals , closed up shop and moved the family to a coastal village in North Wales . The family could not afford schooling for her , so her mother undertook her education , teaching her languages and encouraging her ...
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... father's desertion of his family in 1810 for a fresh start in Canada , where he died the year of her marriage . The idealism of hearth and home for which " Mrs. Hemans " would become famous in the 1820s was haunted by these paternal ...
... father's desertion of his family in 1810 for a fresh start in Canada , where he died the year of her marriage . The idealism of hearth and home for which " Mrs. Hemans " would become famous in the 1820s was haunted by these paternal ...
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... father , got too close to the action and were captured . The ransom is the surrender of the city . To avert such national “ disgrace , " Gonzalez accepts the sons ' " noble " martyrdom , on the model of heroic Christian sacrifice ...
... father , got too close to the action and were captured . The ransom is the surrender of the city . To avert such national “ disgrace , " Gonzalez accepts the sons ' " noble " martyrdom , on the model of heroic Christian sacrifice ...
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... fathers seems an inhu- man tribute to " glory , " " fame , " and " honor . " National myths , codes of honor , definitions of masculine patriotism , and the priestly sanctions that govern political and domestic life come into continual ...
... fathers seems an inhu- man tribute to " glory , " " fame , " and " honor . " National myths , codes of honor , definitions of masculine patriotism , and the priestly sanctions that govern political and domestic life come into continual ...
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... fathers behave with disturbing consistency , especially in the martyrdom of sons : " the sons of Afric " revere patriarch Abraham , who would sacrifice his son to divine command ; the sons of Spain revere the legacy of this prototype in ...
... fathers behave with disturbing consistency , especially in the martyrdom of sons : " the sons of Afric " revere patriarch Abraham , who would sacrifice his son to divine command ; the sons of Spain revere the legacy of this prototype in ...
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