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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... passion , strut such and such a scene , Who , I say , would submit to all this ? This is Byron fulminating in 1821 or so ; even he couldn't manage a success in this culture.2 Hemans's subtitle names a non - stage dramatic 2 I According ...
... passion , strut such and such a scene , Who , I say , would submit to all this ? This is Byron fulminating in 1821 or so ; even he couldn't manage a success in this culture.2 Hemans's subtitle names a non - stage dramatic 2 I According ...
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... passionate voice for maternal claims and values , including a sharper critique of the masculine culture of glory ; Gonsalvo ( Gonzalez in 1823 ) is much more anguished about the claims of the heart's affections ; the priest Hernandez is ...
... passionate voice for maternal claims and values , including a sharper critique of the masculine culture of glory ; Gonsalvo ( Gonzalez in 1823 ) is much more anguished about the claims of the heart's affections ; the priest Hernandez is ...
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... , peculiar to the weaker sex , and perhaps the result of that very weakness . [ ... ] A woman is so much more a creature of passion than man . " This praise is everywhere gender - marked : Hemans is liked 22 INTRODUCTION.
... , peculiar to the weaker sex , and perhaps the result of that very weakness . [ ... ] A woman is so much more a creature of passion than man . " This praise is everywhere gender - marked : Hemans is liked 22 INTRODUCTION.
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... passion , in whom an indistinguishable blend of " natural qualities " and cultural acquisition simultaneously defines the " woman " and distinguishes her art from " the most pow- erful productions of men . " Following this praise ...
... passion , in whom an indistinguishable blend of " natural qualities " and cultural acquisition simultaneously defines the " woman " and distinguishes her art from " the most pow- erful productions of men . " Following this praise ...
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... passion " and " affection " into a kind of Hemans - signature aria : a “ deep and passionate strain of eloquence " that a " mother only could have poured forth . " The New European Magazine reported it as " sweetly poetical , " not only ...
... passion " and " affection " into a kind of Hemans - signature aria : a “ deep and passionate strain of eloquence " that a " mother only could have poured forth . " The New European Magazine reported it as " sweetly poetical , " not only ...
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