Middle English Verse Romances
by Donald B. Sands (Editor)
Anthologies Containing Sir Orfeo (Middle English and Translations) (Anthology using a Text from the Auchinlek MS. — Middle English Edition Based Primarily on the Auchinleck Text)
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A valuable basic student edition illustrating the variety of subjects and narrative modes that engaged medieval storytellers and their audiences. The verse is made accessible by glossing on the page as well as by end glossary and each romance is prefaced with an introduction to its literaryhistory and provenance.Tags
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A competent anthology for students of the title genre. there are some overlaps with the book I read on "The Breton Lays in English", there's enough new stuff to justify a purchase, especially for the student. There is a little peripheral Arthuriana, as well.
An excellent collection of Middle English poetry, with excellent commentary and notes to allow further investigation.
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- People/Characters
- King Horn; Havelock the Dane; Athelstan; Gamelyn; Ote; Sir Orfeo (show all 11); Sir Launfal; Gawain; Dame Ragnall; Carle of Carlisle; Eurydice (Heurodis)
- Important places
- Tottenham, London, England, UK
- Dedication
- To Isabel
- First words
- Encompassed here are twelve Middle English metrical romances, all of them, in their own way, very genuine and delightful.
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