Poetic discourse patterning in Ramon Menendez Pidal's Cantar de Mio Cid is examined. It is generally assumed that the unit of the poetic discourse in the Cid is the laisse, which has even been used as a principle of emendation. However, this is...

The 'Poema de Mio Cid' makes use of geography to link the narrative sections together. The poem is the only extant complete Spanish epic poem, telling the tales of a Castilian exile's battles and travels. Separate narrative sections cover the exile route, the Valencia...

In the following essay, Pavlović debates the position taken by Joseph Duggan in his book-length study of the Cantar de mio Cid, which holds that the poem is an orally composed work dictated to a scribe around 1200.

In the following essay, Raulston argues that the climax of the Cantar de mio Cid—the court scene that has been regarded by many critics as unsatisfactory—can be better appreciated when one has some understanding of medieval Spanish juridical institutions.

In the following essay, Webber assesses the origin and development of the biblical prayers used in romance epics and explores the prayer spoken by Dona Jimena in Cantar de mio Cid