The Middle English Breton Lays
Published on 1. November 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
452 pages
978-1-879288-62-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 of different English regional areas and manuscripts, and the overarching themes of each lay offer insights into medieval English family values, interpersonal morals, and romantic ideals. This edition improves upon its predecessors by furnishing introductory readers with detailed introductory statements and notes for each of the lays.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 259 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
804 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-879288-62-1 (9781879288621)
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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 seminar on medieval marriage at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
Content
Preface
General Introduction
Sir Orfeo
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Lay le Freine
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Degare
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Emare
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Launfal
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Gowther
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Erle of Tolous
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Cleges
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Appendix A
Marie de France, The Lay of the Ash Tree
Appendix B
Marie de France, The Lay of Sir Launfal
Appendix C
Sir Landevale
Glossary
General Introduction
Sir Orfeo
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Lay le Freine
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Degare
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Emare
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Launfal
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Gowther
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Erle of Tolous
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Cleges
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Appendix A
Marie de France, The Lay of the Ash Tree
Appendix B
Marie de France, The Lay of Sir Launfal
Appendix C
Sir Landevale
Glossary