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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... Scenes ( 1819 ) , and come into dramatic conflict with the imperatives of nation - defining , heart - rending warfare in The Siege of Valencia . Domestic Affections did not attract notice critically or commercially , and when her ...
... Scenes ( 1819 ) , and come into dramatic conflict with the imperatives of nation - defining , heart - rending warfare in The Siege of Valencia . Domestic Affections did not attract notice critically or commercially , and when her ...
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... Scenes , a wide - ranging critical view of politics , was well reviewed and had moderate commercial success , earning about £ 120 by 1821. She won prize competitions and fur- ther favor with the public and the reviewers . New venues for ...
... Scenes , a wide - ranging critical view of politics , was well reviewed and had moderate commercial success , earning about £ 120 by 1821. She won prize competitions and fur- ther favor with the public and the reviewers . New venues for ...
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... scene , the Governor , a descendant of legendary hero El Cid , conveys news to his wife Elmina that their two young sons have been taken hostage . The boys , " eager to behold / The face of noble war , " says the proud father , got too ...
... scene , the Governor , a descendant of legendary hero El Cid , conveys news to his wife Elmina that their two young sons have been taken hostage . The boys , " eager to behold / The face of noble war , " says the proud father , got too ...
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... scene 6 to class grievances of a kind that finds little sympa- thy in Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France ) , Hemans complicates a lifelong militant patriotism , of domestic affec- tion for brothers and a husband - to ...
... scene 6 to class grievances of a kind that finds little sympa- thy in Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France ) , Hemans complicates a lifelong militant patriotism , of domestic affec- tion for brothers and a husband - to ...
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... 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 to Hughes , this order was 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 to Hughes , this order was a ...
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