LAYAMON'S ARTHUR by Layamon, W. R. J. Barron (Editor), S.C. Weinberg ( 9780859896856 )

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Title:

LAYAMON'S ARTHUR
THE ARTHURIAN SECTION OF LAYAMON'S "BRUT"

By:

Layamon, W. R. J. Barron (Editor), S.C. Weinberg

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0859896854

ISBN 13:

9780859896856

Publisher:

LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 January, 2001

Series:

Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies

Pages:

362

Description:

Layamon's Brut is a landmark in English literature, the precursor of a Arthurian literature, from Malory to Tennyson and on to our time. This book demonstrates the fundamental strength of a native culture which survived over the years the French dominance to re-emerge as a fusion of a national tradition and continental influences.

Synopsis:

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 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.

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University of Exeter Press

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