Layamon's Arthur : the Arthurian section of Layamon's Brut (lines 9229-14297)
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Layamon's Arthur : the Arthurian section of Layamon's Brut (lines 9229-14297)
（Exeter medieval English texts and studies）
University of Exeter Press, 2001
Rev. ed
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Previous ed.: London : Longman, 1989
Includes bibliography
Parallel Middle English text and modern English prose translation
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
The Narrative Context
Layamon's Arthur: Text and Translation
List of Abbreviations
Textual Notes
Commentary
Bibliography
Editions, Translations and Selections of Layamon's Brut
Layamon's Sources and Other Chronicles
Literary, Linguistic and Background Studies
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