| Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Wace (Author), Mason, Eugene (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1406550523 ISBN-13: 9781406550528 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: (Robert John) Wace (c. 1100 - c. 1174) was an Anglo-Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy. Roman de Brut (c. 1155) was based on the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth. Its popularity is explained by the new accessibility to a wider public of the Arthur legend in a vernacular language. Wace was the first to mention the legend of King Arthur's Round Table and ascribe the name Excalibur to Arthur's sword, although he on the whole adds only minor details to Geoffrey's text. The Roman de Brut became the basis, in turn, for Layamon's Brut, an alliterative Middle English poem, and Piers Langtoft's Chronicle. His extant works include: Roman de Rou (c. 1174) - a verse history of the Dukes of Normandy. Other works, also in verse, include lives of Saint Margaret and Saint Nicholas. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General - History |
| Dewey: 841.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.44 lbs) 128 pages |