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  • Layamon's Brut

    de Layamon ...
    Traducido por Eugene Mason ...
    Layamon's Brut is a Middle English poem assembled and remold by the vicar Layamon. The Brut relates the history of Britain and is the main historiography created in English since the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. ... Leer más

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  • Layamon's Brut

    de Layamon ...
    Traducido por Eugene Mason ...
    Layamon's Brut is a seminal work of Middle English literature, composed in the early 13th century. This epic poem recounts the legendary history of Britain from its mythical origins under Brutus, a descendant of Aeneas, through the Arthurian tales and the establishment of British kingdoms. Written in an unrhymed alliterative verse, Layamon's style reflects the oral traditions of storytelling while ... Leer más

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  • Layamon's Brut

    Enriched edition. An Epic Blend of Medieval Literature and Arthurian Legend

    de Layamon, Meredith Langley ...
    Traducido por Eugene Mason ...
    Layamon's Brut, an epic poem written in Middle English between 1200 and 1225, serves as a monumental retelling of the legendary history of Britain, weaving together elements from Arthurian lore and the Anglo-Saxon chronicle. Written in an intricate alliterative style that reflects the poetic traditions of Old English, Layamon's work is notable for its ambitious scope, spanning the myths of King ... Leer más

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  • Layamon's Brut (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. An alliterative Middle English poem of Arthurian legend, the Norman Conquest, and England's identity

    de Layamon, Meredith Langley, Harper Hughes ...
    Traducido por Eugene Mason ...
    Layamon's Brut is a sweeping Middle English chronicle tracing Britain from Brutus of Troy to Cadwaladr, with Arthur at its blazing center. Written in the West Midlands c.1200, it adapts Geoffrey of Monmouth through Wace yet darkens and expands episodes: giants, prophecies, sea-crossings, and bruising wars. Layamon's long poem blends native alliterative phrasing with touches of rhyme and formulaic ... Leer más

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  • Layamon's Brut

    Enriched edition. An Alliterative Middle English Arthurian Chronicle of Heroism, Loyalty, and National Identity

    de Active 1200 Layamon ...
    Traducido por Eugene Mason ...
    In 'Layamon's Brut,' the early 13th-century poet Layamon presents a seminal Arthurian narrative that uniquely intertwines English and French linguistic traditions. This epic poem, composed in alliterative verse, serves as a historical chronicle and a retelling of the legend of King Arthur, embracing themes of heroism, loyalty, and the complexity of national identity. Layamon's work, believed to be ... Leer más

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  • The Glory of Arthur

    The Legendary King in Epic Poems of Layamon, Spenser and Blake

    de Jeffrey John Dixon ...
    Starting with William Blake's lost painting The Ancient Britons, this book shows how the visionary artist and poet reworked the Matter of Britain--the corpus of legends presenting an alternative history of Britain--into his own mythology. He thus adds to a tradition of Arthurian epic begun by Layamon in the 13th century and continued by Edmund Spenser in the 16th, in which a Romano-Celtic warlord ... Leer más

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  • Geoffrey of Monmouth's Life of Merlin

    A New Verse Translation

    de Mark Walker, Geoffrey of Monmouth ...
    For the first time in English, Mark Walker presents a verse translation of the twelfth-century epic poem by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the originator of many of the Arthurian legends familiar to us today. Here is the original Merlin - a mysterious and mad character inspired by ancient Welsh legends. But he is also a king, a prophet, and a modern Renaissance man. This brand-new translation casts ... Leer más

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  • The Complete King Arthur

    Many Faces, One Hero

    de John Matthews, Caitlín Matthews ...
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  • The First Poems in English

    de Michael Alexander ...
    This selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, loyalty and strength, in excerpts from Beowulf and in The Battle of Brunanburgh, depicting King Athelstan’s defeat of his northern enemies in 937 AD, while The Wanderer and The Seafarer reflect on exile, loss and destiny. ... Leer más

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  • The Wisdom of the Celts

    de Dr. Patrica King, Gina Sigillito ...
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    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Perfect for fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones—an epic history of Westeros and the lands beyond, featuring hundreds of pages of all-new material from George R. R. Martin!If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time—warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it ... Leer más

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