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WorkRobert Southey
Chronicle of the Cid
Chronicle of the Cid (1808), Inferred
Robert Southey (1774–1843) · 1808
InferredThe phrase "my Cid," directly translating the Spanish epithet *mio Cid* ("my lord"), identifies the protagonist of the medieval epic *Cantar de mio Cid* (c. 1200), whose adventures were accessible in Southey's widely-read translation.
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Documented 1846
Additional passages preserved in the Memoirs (1852)
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1846—
Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish . . .
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“The Life of “My Cid,” in Southey’s beautiful arrangement, has hitherto been accessible to only a few among us”
Fuller, Margaret. "Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 12 February 1846.
Preserved in the Memoirs (1852)
1852—
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
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“Has not ——— vied, in her deeds of love, with "my Cid," and the holy Ottilia?”
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, William Henry Channing, and James Freeman Clarke, eds. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. 2 vols. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852.
Inferred The phrase "my Cid," directly translating the Spanish epithet mio Cid ("my lord"), identifies the protagonist of the medieval epic Cantar de mio Cid (c. 1200), whose adventures were accessible in Southey's widely-read translation.