Layamon's Brut by active 1200 Layamon
"Layamon's Brut" by Layamon is a Middle English alliterative verse poem written between 1190 and 1215. Spanning over 16,000 lines, this epic chronicles a fictionalized history of Britain from its mythical founder Brutus of Troy through the Early Middle Ages. Written by an English priest in deliberately archaic Anglo-Saxon vocabulary, the work features an expanded section on King Arthur's life and exploits. It stands as the first major historical work composed in
English since the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, preserving Britain's legendary past during an era dominated by French literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Layamon, active 1200 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Mason, Eugene |
| Uniform Title | Roman de Brut. English |
| Title | Layamon's Brut |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layamon%27s_Brut |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Ted Garvin, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distriubted Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Arthurian romances |
| Subject | Romances -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 14305 |
| Release Date | Dec 8, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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