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.
| ISBN: | 9780859896856 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2005 |
| Author: | Layamon, W R J Barron, S C Weinberg |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 290 pages |
| Series: | Exeter Medieval English Texts and Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
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.
Layamon's Arthur features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
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Layamon's Arthur was written by Layamon, W R J Barron, S C Weinberg and published by Liverpool University Press
Layamon's Arthur has 290 pages
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