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Title

The song of the Cid : a dual-language edition with parallel text / translated by Burton Raffel ; introduction and notes by María Rosa Menocal.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Raffel, Burton
• Menocal, Maria Rosa

Description

xxix, 254 p. : maps; 20 cm.

Summary

Spain's national epic relates the exploits of the warrior Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1040-1099) after Alfonso VI, king of León and Castile, banishes him for reasons unknown. In exile, he gathers an irresistible raiding party that conquers or exacts tribute from cities in its line of march. Because he sends a whopping portion of the proceeds to Alfonso, he gradually mollifies the monarch. Rodrigo's campaigns are commonly represented as part of the Reconquista of Muslim-occupied Spain by Christian forces. But a Muslim lord is among Rodrigo's most ardent supporters; only Muslims who resist are scorned; and Rodrigo's honorific, el Cid, is a Hispanization of the Arabic sayyid leader. The poem's real mission, María Rosa Menocal's invaluable introduction explains, is to portray the ideal Spanish hero: courageous, honest, generous, and unshakably loyal to the king. Raffel, a venerable translator of Western Europe's earliest literary masterpieces, offers a sturdy, engaging version of a work far more fascinating than the Christian triumphalist propaganda piece it commonly has been assumed to be.

Series Statement

Penguin classics

Uniform Title

• Cantar de mío Cid. English & Spanish.
• Cid (Epic cycle)
• Penguin classics

Subject

Cid, approximately 1043-1099 > Romances

Genre/Form

• Spanish language materials – Bilingual.
• poetry.
• romances (medieval narratives)
• Poetry
• Romances
• Poésie.
• Romans courtois.

Note

• "New translation" -- Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvii]-xxix).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Canto One -- Canto Two -- Canto Three.

ISBN

• 9780143105657 (pbk.)
• 0143105655 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 233549343
• SCSB-11068486

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library