The Poem of the Cid
A Bilingual Edition with Parallel Text
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Author
Contributions
- Janet H. Perry - Translator
- Rita Hamilton - Translator
- Ian Michael - Introduction
- Ian Michael - Notes by
Publication
1984 - Penguin, Harmondsworth, England
Language
Spanish
Word Count
60,500 words, Guess
Page Count
242 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepoemofcid00hami
- ISBN-100140444467
- ISBN-139780140444469
- LibraryThing1006526
- Goodreads261088
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number85004389
- OCLC Control Number12506137
- Open LibraryOL24759629M
Classifications
- DDC861/.1
- LCCPQ6366
- DDC468.6/421
and 3 more
- LCCPQ'6366'A3'1961
- LCCPQ6373 .O6 1994
- LCCPQ6369 .A63 2000
Description
El *Poema de mio Cid*, o *Cantar de mio Cid,* es un cantar de gesta anónimo que relata hazañas heroicas inspiradas libremente en los últimos años de la vida del caballero castellano Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar el Campeador. La versión conservada fue compuesta, según la mayoría de la crítica actual, alrededor del año 1200. Se trata de la primera obra poética extensa de la literatura española y el único cantar épico de la misma conservado casi completo; solo se han perdido la primera hoja del original y otras dos en el interior del códice, aunque el contenido de las lagunas existentes puede ser deducido de las prosificaciones cronísticas, en especial de la *Crónica de veinte reyes.* La relevancia del Cantar no se limita a lo literario sino que da inicio a toda una disciplina intelectual: la filología como ciencia moderna en España a finales del siglo XIX, que se inicia con el estudio de este poema por parte de Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869-1968) y su decisión de aplicar por primera vez a este texto el método histórico-crítico, la más potente herramienta de la filología de su época, inaugurando así los estudios filológicos españoles.
Description
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.
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