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T1 Robert Southey’s Chronicle of the Cid: Spain as a Textual Archive and an Intervention Zone
T2 La Chronicle of the Cid de Robert Shouthey: España como archivo textual y zona de intervención
A1 Saglia, Diego
K1 translation
K1 geo-cultural construction
K1 intercultural transfer
K1 ideology
K1 Islam
K1 medievalism
K1 Peninsular War
K1 traducción
K1 construcción geo-cultural
K1 transferencia intercultural
K1 ideología
K1 Islam
K1 medievalismo
K1 Guerra de la Independencia
AB Far from being a mere medievalizing work meant to provide light entertainment,Robert Southey’s Chronicle of the Cid (1808) was the first translation of a fundamentalcomponent of Europe’s revered epic heritage and a complex work of scholarship. Througha careful exploration of this often overlooked masterpiece, this essay demonstrates howthe author organized it as a multilayered textual machine aimed at an intricate operationof cultural construction. To this end, the essay offers a detailed examination of theorigins and compositional development of the Chronicle, an analysis of its translationalmechanisms and an assessment of its contribution to a wide-ranging process of «culturaltranslation» of Spain and its civilization into nineteenth-century British culture. In thisperspective, the Chronicle becomes visible as an instrument of intervention into Spainand Iberian culture, into Romantic-period scholarly discourse and practice, as well asinto the ideological debate on the Peninsular War. Through his composite text, Southeypieced together a multifaceted vision of Spain that translated into a cosmic vision of Europeand the West, as well as of world history and civilization. Finally, the impact of thiswork on later poets, historians and intellectuals testifies to the long-lasting relevance ofits narrative of Spain for the imagination of nineteenth-century Britain and the rest of theEnglish-speaking world.
PB Cádiz: Universidad de Cádiz, Servicio de Publicaciones y Grupo de Estudios del Siglo XVIII
SN 2173-0687
YR 2012
FD 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15225
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15225
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 23-ene-2021