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Glyn S. Burgess is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool Leslie C. Brook is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham.

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Works by Glyn S. Burgess

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The Song of Roland (-0001) — Translator, some editions; Introduction, some editions — 6,211 copies, 51 reviews
The Lais of Marie de France (1190) — Translator, some editions; Introduction, some editions — 2,502 copies, 23 reviews
Erec and Enide (1170) — Translator, some editions — 316 copies, 7 reviews
The History of the Norman People: Wace's Roman de Rou (2002) — Translator, some editions — 29 copies

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Canonical name
Burgess, Glyn S.
Legal name
Burgess, Glyn Sheridan
Birthdate
1943
Gender
male
Education
University of Oxford (BA, MA)
McMaster University (MA)
Sorbonne (Ph.D)
Occupations
professor
translator
Emeritus Professor at the University of Liverpool
Organizations
University of Liverpool
Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Awards and honors
Ordre des Palmes académiques (chevalier)
Honorary Senior Fellow, Univeristy of Liverpool
Short biography
Glyn Sheridan Burgess is a British scholar of medieval language and literature, Emeritus Professor at the University of Liverpool. He has published on Marie de France, besides other topics, and is the translator of the Penguin edition of the Lays of Marie de France and the Song of Roland. He was awarded a knighthood in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 1998.
Nationality
England
Map Location
UK

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I read "Eustace the Monk" and "Fouke Fitz Waryn" as part of an English module during my BA in 2012. Hard to remember much about them six years on but do recall both being mildly entertaining.

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