The Middle English Breton Lays (Middle English texts)
Anne Laskaya (Ed.)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Laskaya, Anna; Salisbury, Eve. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 792.
Written approximately between 1150 and 1450, the Middle English Breton Lays emulate the Lais of Marie de France, regarded as one of the first female writers to compose poetry in her own vernacular language. Following the lai genre, these Middle English poems are short, rhymed narratives of love, marriage, and chivalry, often involving encounters with fairies and other Celtic supernatural figures. Each of the eight poems in this volume—Sir Orfeo, Lay le Freine, Sir Degare, Emare, Sir Launfal, Sir Gowther, Erle of Tolous, and Sir Cleges—reveal differences in dialect that showcase the complexity of the Breton Lay genre as representative ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Series
MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series
Number of Pages
452
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781879288621
SKU
V9781879288621
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Ref
99-2
About Anne Laskaya (Ed.)
Anne Laskaya is Associate Professor of English at the University of Oregon. Eve Salisbury is Professor of English at Western Michigan University where she teaches the works of late medieval poets—Dante, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Gower, Christine de Pizan, and Marie de France—Middle English and Arthurian literature, Medieval Literary Theory, British Literature I, and Medieval Drama. She has also taught a graduate ... Read more
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