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Poem of the Cid

1998 Poetry
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Release : 1998
Genre : Poetry
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Book Synopsis Poem of the Cid by : Paul Blackburn

Download or read book Poem of the Cid written by Paul Blackburn. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few works have shaped a national literature as thoroughly as the Poem of the Cid has shaped the Spanish literary tradition. Tracing the life of the eleventh-century military commander Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, called El Cid (from the Arabic Sayyidi, "My Lord"), this medieval epic describes a series of events surrounding his exile. The text of the poem survives in only one early-thirteenth-century manuscript copied by a single scribe, yet centuries later the figure of the Cid still was celebrated in the Spanish popular ballad tradition. Today almost every theme that characterizes Spanish literature-honor, justice, loyalty, treachery, and jealousy—derives from the Poem of the Cid. Restored by poet and medievalist George Economou, this elegant and spirited translation by Paul Blackburn is judged by many the finest English translation of a great medieval poem.

The Poem of the Cid

2019-09-24 Fiction
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Release : 2019-09-24
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book The Poem of the Cid written by . This book was released on 2019-09-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest works of Spanish literature, this eight-hundred-year-old epic details the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy Díaz of Bivar, El Cid, and of his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The epic poem recounts the adventures of the Cid; of his peerless steed, Babieca, and of his two famous swords, Colada and Tizón; of his wife, Doña Ximena, and his two daughters, Doña Elvira and Doña Sol, who found sanctuary with Abbot Don Sancho in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña during the Cid's exile; and of the despicable and black-hearted princes of Carrión, Diego and Fernando González. It is a powerful epic that sings of universal human values and failures, of loyalty and betrayal.

Poem of the Cid

1975 Cantar de mío Cid
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Release : 1975
Genre : Cantar de mío Cid
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Book Synopsis Poem of the Cid by : William Stanley Merwin

Download or read book Poem of the Cid written by William Stanley Merwin. This book was released on 1975. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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1921
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Release : 1921
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Book Synopsis Poem of the Cid ... by : Cid

Download or read book Poem of the Cid ... written by Cid. This book was released on 1921. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Poem of the Cid

1985-01-08 Poetry
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Release : 1985-01-08
Genre : Poetry
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Download or read book The Poem of the Cid written by . This book was released on 1985-01-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the finest of epic poems, and the only one to have survived from medieval Spain, The Poem of the Cid recounts the adventures of the warlord and nobleman Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar - 'Mio Cid'. A forceful combination of heroic fiction and historical fact, the tale seethes with the restless, adventurous spirit of Castille, telling of the Cid's unjust banishment from the court of King Alfonso, his victorious campaigns in Valencia, and the crowning of his daughters as queens of Aragon and Navarre - the high point of his career as a warmonger. An epic that sings of universal human values, this is one of the greatest of all works of Spanish literature. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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