Layamon's Brut: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Layamon's Brut is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Layamon, active 1200. The listed translation credits are Mason, Eugene.
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"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.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Layamon's Brut
- Author credits: Layamon, active 1200
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Mason, Eugene
Catalogue subjects
- Arthurian romances
- Romances -- Translations into English
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Historical Novels
- Category: Novels
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