Wace's Roman De Brut: A History Of The British (Text and Translation) (University of Exeter Press - Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies) 2nd Edition

by Judith Weiss (Translator)

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Wace's "Brut" is an 1155 French verse rendering of Geoffrey of Monmouth's earlier Latin "history" of Britain, from the time of Brutus, the eponymous founder, to the 7th century. Wace uses Geoffrey's stories, such as those of King Lear and King Arthur, with a lively inventiveness and originality, drawing on oral sources and his own knowledge of parts of Britain, imaginatively re-interpreting the material. This is the first complete English translation and is presented in parallel with the French text, enabling those who wish to have access to the original to do so easily. This new reprint has been revised by Judith Weiss, taking account of comments in reviews, and includes a full introduction, footnotes and bibliography.

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Series: University of Exeter Press - Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Liverpool University Press; 2 edition (January 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0859897346
ISBN-13: 978-0859897341
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 1.1 x 6.9 inches
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Wace's "Roman de Brut"-new ed. & trans.

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Raymond CORMIER Department of English and Modern Languages LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY 201 High Street Farmville, VA 23909 email: rcormier@longwood.lwc.edu

*Wace's 'Roman de Brut': A History of the British*. Ed., trans. Judith Weiss. Exeter Medieval English Texts and Studies. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1999. Pp. xxix + 385. Bibliography. Index of Personal Names. ISBN 0 85989 591 2.

Imagine an extraordinary medieval text filled with nostalgia and seductions, domestic betrayals and sovereign assassinations, battles and duels, magic and potions, shame, disgrace. This is a raconteur's dream of nightmarish greed and wise generosity, of human vanity and holy humility. At once ironic and sardonic, the yarn's wide narrative net captures rich and brawny descriptions of events, depicts individuals, their personal motivations and moral weaknesses, and portrays diverse peoples and whole tribes. It boasts, too, of vivid and roaring rhetorical figures, invents puns and etymologies, and, en passant redeems proverbs, folklore motifs, and place-name lore. Even while recounting the sad but famous career of the "New Trojans" as they limp, one generation after another, from bleak, distant wasteland to the fertile abode called Albion, and thence decline into fratricide, famine, and plague--skillful storyteller Maistre Wace, cleric of Caen, almost always finds a way to generate resonance with contemporary events (ca. 1150-1155), those usually gloomy and violent and chaotic storms that swirl about dukes, empresses, and prelates.Read more ›

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Too bad it is nearly impossible to find anymore.

By Amazon Customer on April 9, 2002