Description
Book SynopsisIn recent years Brendan's voyage has become increasingly popular as a topic of interest, not only in medieval studies, but also within the history of travel literature in general. This volume collects the most important versions of the voyage from a wide variety of cultures, and presents them in modern English translations.
Trade ReviewThis collection of translations will allow diffusion of the different versions of that legend to a wide audience… One of the great stories of the Middle Ages, the Voyage of Saint Brendan will now be as easily available as other classic journey tales.
Mystics QuarterlyIn addition to the translations, the volume also contains useful introductory commentaries to each of the versions by the translators ... The valuable introductions present to the reader the current scholarship on the authorship, manuscripts, genre, and sources of each version and are extremely useful to both the scholar and student of the Brendan by Burgess and an extensive bibliography of both criticism and manuscripts.
Medium Ævum, Vol. LXXIIITable of Contents
- Contents
- 1 The Life and Legend of Saint Brendan Glyn S. Burgess
- 2 The Latin Version John H. O'Meara and Jonathan M. Wooding
- 3 The Anglo-Norman Version Glyn S. Burgess
- 4 The Dutch Version Willem P. Gerritsen and Peter K. King
- 5 The German Version Willem P. Gerritsen and Clara Strijbosch
- 6 The Venetian Version Mark Davie
- 7 The Occitan Version Margaret Burrell
- 8 The Catalan Version Margaret Burrell
- 9 The Norse Version Andrew Hamer
- 10 English Versions - The South English Legendary Version; - Caxton's Golden Legend Version; W.R.J. Barron;
- Bibliography and List of Brendan Manuscripts
