Layamon''s Arthur - The Arthurian Section of Layamon''s 'Brut'

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: W. R. J. Barron, Layamon
• Assisted by: W. R. J. Barron (Editor), S. C. Weinberg (Editor), W. R. J. Barron (Translation), S. C. Weinberg (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Exeter Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2001
• EAN: 9780859896856
• ISBN: 978-0-85989-685-6
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies; Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies; Exeter Medieval Texts and Stud
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies