The Poem of the Cid
A Bilingual Edition with Parallel Text
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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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Romances, Spanish poetry, Poetry, Poetry anthologies: classical, early & medieval, Spanish Epic poetry, Poesía, Poesía española, Poesía épica española, Translations into English, Criticism and interpretation, Romance literature, Manuscripts, Spanish Manuscripts, Facsimiles, History and criticism, Fiction, Spanish language, Literatura española, Poetry, collections, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Cantar de mío Cid, Spanish literature, Cid, approximately 1043-1099 -- Romances, Epic poetry, Spanish, Spanish literature -- History and criticism, Cid , approximately 1043-1099, Poetry in spanish, to 1369 - spanish-english parallel texts, 861/.1People
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The Poem of the Cid: A Bilingual Edition with Parallel Text
1984, Penguin
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Cantar de mío Cid
1982, Sociedad General Española de Librería
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El Cid: An adaptation in prose for intermediate students
June 1982, National Textbook Company
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Translated by Rita Hamilton and Janet Perry, with an introduction and notes by Ian Michael.
Originally published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1975.
Parallel Spanish text and English translation, with English introduction and notes.
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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.
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