Layamon's Arthur The Arthurian Section of Layamon's Brut |
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Edited and Translated by:
| Barron, W. R. J. Weinberg, S. C. |
Series title: | Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies LUP Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-85989-685-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Layamon's Brut is a landmark in English literature, the first major work in English after the Norman Conquest, and the precursor of a rich Arthurian literature, from Malory to Tennyson and on to our own time. This edition combines a fully-edited version of the original text with a close parallel prose translation, together with a lengthy Introduction, textual notes and a full and up-to-date bibliography.Written c.1200-1220, the Brut develops the themes of its principal source, Robert...
More DescriptionLayamon's Brut is a landmark in English literature, the first major work in English after the Norman Conquest, and the precursor of a rich Arthurian literature, from Malory to Tennyson and on to our own time. This edition combines a fully-edited version of the original text with a close parallel prose translation, together with a lengthy Introduction, textual notes and a full and up-to-date bibliography.Written c.1200-1220, the Brut develops the themes of its principal source, Robert Wace's Roman de Brut, itself a version of Geoffrey of Monmouth's bestseller, the Historia Regum Britanniae, in a metre and idiom reminiscent of Old English. It demonstrates the fundamental strength of a native culture which survived two centuries of French dominance to re-emerge as a fusion of a national tradition and continental influences.