Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first to make the Middle English Breton lays available to teachers and students of the Middle Ages. Breton lays were produced by or after the fashion of Marie de France in the twelfth century and claim to be "literary versions of lays sung by ancient Bretons to the accompaniment of the harp." The poems edited in this volume are considered distinctly "English" Breton lays because of their focus on the family values of late medieval England. With the volume's helpful glosses, notes, introductions, and appendices, the door is opened for students to study Middle English poetry and the medieval family alike.
Table of ContentsPreface
General Introduction
Sir Orfeo
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Lay le Freine
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Degaré
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Emaré
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Launfal
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Gowther
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Erle of Tolous
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Sir Cleges
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Text, Notes
Appendix A
Marie de France,
The Lay of the Ash Tree Appendix B
Marie de France,
The Lay of Sir Launfal Appendix C
Sir Landevale Glossary
