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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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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Layamon's Arthur
• Subtitle: The Arthurian Section of Layamon's "Brut"
• Author: Layamon
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 362
• EAN: 9780859896856
• ISBN: 0859896854
• ID: 04743772
• Publisher: LIVERPOOL UNIV PR
• Weight: 564 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 157 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2001

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