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- Title
A Siege, a Dog and Too Many Women: Refiguring the Epic in Roderick, the Last of the Goths.
- Authors
Saglia, Diego
- Abstract
The article offers poetry criticism of the epic poem "Roderick, the Last of the Goths," by Robert Southey. It focuses on the structure and development of the poem's narrative, focusing on the description of a siege in the work and the characters of Pelayo, Roderick, the protagonist's dog, and women.
- Subjects
LITERARY criticism; POETRY (Literary form); RODERICK, the Last of the Goths (Poem); SOUTHEY, Robert, 1774-1843; ENGLISH poetry; ENGLISH epic poetry; LITERARY characters; DOGS in literature; WOMEN in literature; NARRATIVE poetry
- Publication
Romanticism, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 1, p52
- ISSN
1354-991X
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.3366/rom.2011.0006