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Layamon's Arthur: The Arthurian Section of Layamon's "Brut" (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Layamon's ArthurLayamon's "Brut" is a landmark in English literature, the first major work in English after the Norman Conquest, and the precursor of Arthurian literature. This edition combines a fully-edited version of the original text with a close parallel prose translation, an introduction and textual notes.
Full description- Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER PRESS
- Published: 01 September 2001
- Format: Paperback 340 pages
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- Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets | Literary Essays | Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets
- ISBN 13: 9780859896856 ISBN 10: 0859896854
- Sales rank: 529,422
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Full description for Layamon's Arthur
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 the 21st century. 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 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
