Roderick, the Last of the Goths

E125795

epic poem historical poem narrative poem

Roderick, the Last of the Goths is an epic historical poem by Robert Southey that dramatizes the fall of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain and the tragic fate of its last king.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epic poem ⓘ historical poem ⓘ narrative poem ⓘ
author	Robert Southey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	regarded as one of Southey's major epics ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	book ⓘ
form	blank verse ⓘ
genre	epic poetry ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ
hasAuthorRole	Robert Southey was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm	long narrative poem ⓘ
hasPart	multiple books (cantos) ⓘ
historicalBasis	Battle of Guadalete ⓘ Umayyad conquest of Hispania ⓘ
inspiredBy	legend of King Roderic ⓘ medieval Spanish chronicles ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryInfluence	Romantic national epic tradition ⓘ
literaryMovement	Lake Poets ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter	Count Julian ⓘ Florinda ⓘ Roderic ⓘ
narrativeFocus	tragic fate of King Roderic ⓘ
narrativeMode	third-person narration ⓘ
originalPublicationDate	1814 ⓘ
portrays	Christian–Muslim conflict in medieval Spain ⓘ downfall of a monarch ⓘ
publisher	Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer ⓘ surface form: Longman
relatedWork	Madoc ⓘ Thalaba the Destroyer ⓘ
settingPeriod	8th century ⓘ
settingPlace	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Visigothic Spain ⓘ
subject	Umayyad conquest of Hispania ⓘ surface form: Moorish invasion of Spain fall of the Visigothic kingdom ⓘ last king of the Visigoths ⓘ
theme	divine justice ⓘ guilt and repentance ⓘ heroic sacrifice ⓘ national ruin and restoration ⓘ
timeOfAction	reign of Roderic ⓘ
workOf	Robert Southey ⓘ

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