The Poem of the Cid
Subtitle: A Bilingual Edition with Parallel Text
Contributors: Hamilton, Rita.; Perry, Janet H.; Michael, Ian.; El Cid Campeador
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: spa; eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780140444469
Subjects: Cid, -- ca. 1043-1099 -- Poetry
Work titles: Cantar de mio Cid. English & Spanish.
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.
Notes: 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.