Full Description
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.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Felicia Hemans: A Brief Chronology
Editorial Procedures
The Siege of Valencia, A Parallel Text
Appendix A: Songs of the Cid
Appendix B: The Chieftain's Son
Appendix C: From Songs of Spain
Appendix D: From Poema del Cid
Appendix E: From Robert Southey's Chronicle of the Cid
Appendix F: Letters by Felicia Dorothea Browne (later Hemans), 1808-09
Appendix G: Reviews and Receptions
The London Literary Gazette, 1823
The Literary Museum, 1823
The British Critic, 1823
The British Review, 1823
New European Magazine, 1823
Monthly Review, 1823
North American Review, 1827
David Macbeth Moir, "Biographical Memoir,"1836
Henry F. Chorley, Memorials of Mrs. Hemans, 1836
William Archer Butler, "Introductory Notice," 1838
Jane Williams, The Literary Women of England, 1861
W.M. Rossetti, "Prefatory Notice," 1873; 1878
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