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Geoffrey of Monmouth

We know of the Pearl poet only from the four extraordinary poems composed sometime during the late fourteenth century and preserved in a small handwritten manuscript held in the British Library. Sandra Pierson Prior here presents a thorough introduction to these four treasures: Pearl, a dream poem mourning the death of a young maiden; Cleanness and Patience, retellings of biblical narratives stressing their respective virtues; and the famous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a brilliantly conceived Arthurian romance. Prior launches her close readings of each of the poems with background on the Pearl poet's Ricardian milieu where, with Chaucer, Langland, and Gower, he brought Middle English poetry to full flower. Considering the cultural, literary, and linguistic contexts of poetry in Ricardian England, Prior illuminates how the Pearl poet joined his contemporaries in exploiting a newly emerging English literature and language while drawing on older Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and continental traditions. Exploring the poems, Prior shows us that they are filled with Biblical and religious learning, and that while their dialect indicates a certain distance from cosmopolitan culture, they are tightly crafted and highly literary, commanding careful attention from the aristocratic courtly audiences they addressed as well as from today's readers. Prior brings all the Pearl poet's achievements clearly into view: his use of the alliterative verse, his creation of syllabic verse and complex rhyme schemes virtually unmatched by his peers, and his mastery of visual description. The Pearl poet is also markedly "modern" in his combination of literate learning and accessibility, as Prior reveals in her explications of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a romance that blends courtly features with popular ones, and of Patience and Cleanness, with their vernacular versions of biblical scholarship. To further acquaint contemporary readers with the poet's complex craft, Prior also offers an invaluable introduction to significant aspects of Middle English literature, and throughout her study quotes the Pearl poet both in the original and in her own translations.

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  • "Histories of the Kings of Britain"@en
  • "History of the kings of Britain"@en
  • "History of the kings of Britain"
  • "Historiae Britannicae libri sex"
  • "Pontici virunnii tarvisini historiÆ BritannicÆ libri sex"
  • "De gestis Britonum"@en
  • "De gestis Britonum"
  • "Historia regum Britanniae"
  • "Historia regum Britanniae"@it
  • "Britanniae regum et principum origo"
  • "Brut Tysilio"
  • "Kings of Britain"
  • "Ubmgal"
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth's Histories of the kings of Britain"@en
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth's British history"@en
  • "History of Britain"
  • "Historia Britonum"
  • "Brut Tyslio"

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  • "We know of the Pearl poet only from the four extraordinary poems composed sometime during the late fourteenth century and preserved in a small handwritten manuscript held in the British Library. Sandra Pierson Prior here presents a thorough introduction to these four treasures: Pearl, a dream poem mourning the death of a young maiden; Cleanness and Patience, retellings of biblical narratives stressing their respective virtues; and the famous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a brilliantly conceived Arthurian romance. Prior launches her close readings of each of the poems with background on the Pearl poet's Ricardian milieu where, with Chaucer, Langland, and Gower, he brought Middle English poetry to full flower. Considering the cultural, literary, and linguistic contexts of poetry in Ricardian England, Prior illuminates how the Pearl poet joined his contemporaries in exploiting a newly emerging English literature and language while drawing on older Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and continental traditions. Exploring the poems, Prior shows us that they are filled with Biblical and religious learning, and that while their dialect indicates a certain distance from cosmopolitan culture, they are tightly crafted and highly literary, commanding careful attention from the aristocratic courtly audiences they addressed as well as from today's readers. Prior brings all the Pearl poet's achievements clearly into view: his use of the alliterative verse, his creation of syllabic verse and complex rhyme schemes virtually unmatched by his peers, and his mastery of visual description. The Pearl poet is also markedly "modern" in his combination of literate learning and accessibility, as Prior reveals in her explications of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a romance that blends courtly features with popular ones, and of Patience and Cleanness, with their vernacular versions of biblical scholarship. To further acquaint contemporary readers with the poet's complex craft, Prior also offers an invaluable introduction to significant aspects of Middle English literature, and throughout her study quotes the Pearl poet both in the original and in her own translations."@en
  • "We know of the Pearl poet only from the four extraordinary poems composed sometime during the late fourteenth century and preserved in a small handwritten manuscript held in the British Library. Sandra Pierson Prior here presents a thorough introduction to these four treasures: Pearl, a dream poem mourning the death of a young maiden; Cleanness and Patience, retellings of biblical narratives stressing their respective virtues; and the famous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a brilliantly conceived Arthurian romance. Prior launches her close readings of each of the poems with background on the Pearl poet's Ricardian milieu where, with Chaucer, Langland, and Gower, he brought Middle English poetry to full flower. Considering the cultural, literary, and linguistic contexts of poetry in Ricardian England, Prior illuminates how the Pearl poet joined his contemporaries in exploiting a newly emerging English literature and language while drawing on older Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and continental traditions. Exploring the poems, Prior shows us that they are filled with Biblical and religious learning, and that while their dialect indicates a certain distance from cosmopolitan culture, they are tightly crafted and highly literary, commanding careful attention from the aristocratic courtly audiences they addressed as well as from today's readers. Prior brings all the Pearl poet's achievements clearly into view: his use of the alliterative verse, his creation of syllabic verse and complex rhyme schemes virtually unmatched by his peers, and his mastery of visual description. The Pearl poet is also markedly "modern" in his combination of literate learning and accessibility, as Prior reveals in her explications of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a romance that blends courtly features with popular ones, and of Patience and Cleanness, with their vernacular versions of biblical scholarship. To further acquaint contemporary readers with the poet's complex craft, Prior also offers an invaluable introduction to significant aspects of Middle English literature, and throughout her study quotes the Pearl poet both in the original and in her own translations."
  • "Anyone interested in Arthurian Studies will know of the central role played by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the development and spread of the Arthurian legend from Britain to medieval Europe. But Geoffrey's material, both his History of the Kings of Britain and his Life of Merlin, went far beyond Arthur and his deeds: it presented, for the first time, a coherent and proud account of Britain's early history, from its foundation to its eclipse at the hands of the Anglo-Saxons. The extent to which the enigmatic Geoffrey, at once an astonishingly diligent researcher and a shameless inventor of fact, tr."@en
  • "Betrifft die Handschrift Cod. 568 der Burgerbibliothek Bern."
  • "This 1842 volume contains a history of Britain, in which Geoffrey of Monmouth theorizes on the origins of Stonehenge."@en
  • "Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Geoffrey of Monmouth."@en
  • "Written in the 1130s, Geoffrey's imaginative history of the Britons from Brutus to Cadwallader, and the first to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of Arthur, rapidly became a bestseller. An ideal text for scholars, this is a reprint of the Latin text with a facing English translation."@en
  • "Written in the 1130s, Geoffrey's imaginative history of the Britons from Brutus to Cadwallader, and the first to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of Arthur, rapidly became a bestseller. An ideal text for scholars, this is a reprint of the Latin text with a facing English translation."

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  • "Kroniky"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Bronnen (vorm)"
  • "Legends"@en
  • "Legends"
  • "Sources"
  • "Sources"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Einführung"
  • "Early works"@en
  • "Early works"
  • "Folklore"
  • "Folklore"@en
  • "Didactisch proza (teksten)"
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Niet-verhalend proza"
  • "Chronicles"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
  • "Quelle"

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  • "Gottfried's von Monmouth Historia regum Britanniae : mit literar-historischer Einleitung und ausführlichen Anmerkungen und Brut Tysylio, altwälsche Chronik in deutscher Uebersetzung"
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth"
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth"@en
  • "Historia regum Britainniae"
  • "The "Historia Regum Britanniae" of Geoffrey of Monmouth"
  • "Galfredi monumetensis historia britonum nunc primum in anglia : novem codd. msstis collatis"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis historia Britonum : Nunc primum in Anglia, novem codd. msstis collatis, edidit J.A. Giles"
  • "British history in twelve books"
  • "The Historia regum Britannie of Geoffrey Monmouth : I, Bern, Burgerbibliothek, MS. 568"@en
  • "The Historia Regum Britanniæ of Geoffrey of Monmouth. With contributions to the study of its place in early British history by Acton Griscom ... Together with a literal translation of the Welsh manuscript N°. LXI of Jesus College. Oxford, by Robert Ellis Jones, etc. [With facsimiles and a bibliography.]"
  • "The Historia regum Britannie of Geoffrey Monmouth : I, Bern, Burgerbibliothek, MS. 568"
  • "The Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth with contributions to the study of its place in early British history"
  • "The History of the Kings of Britain"
  • "The historia regum Britannie"
  • "The Historia regum Britannie"
  • "The history of the Kings of Britain : an edition and translation of De gestis Britonum (Historia regum Britanniae)"
  • "Historia Britonum"
  • "The British history : in 12 books"
  • "The history of the kings of Britain"
  • "The history of the kings of Britain"@en
  • "The history of the kings of Britain : an edition and translation of "De gestis Britonum" ("Historia regum Britanniae")"
  • "History of the kings Britain"
  • "Dějiny britských králů"
  • "Galfredi Monumentensis Historia Britonum"
  • "Gottfried's von Monmouth Historia regum Britannie mit literar-historischer Einleitung und ausführlichen Anmerkungen : und Brut Tysylio, altwälsche Chronik in deutscher Uebersetzung"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum : nunc primum in anglia, novem codd. msstis collatis ; [suivi de Pontici Virunnii tarvisini Historiae Britannicae libri sex : ex editionibus prioribus accurate recensiti]"
  • "The Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth"
  • "The Historia regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth"
  • "The Historia regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth"@en
  • "History of the kings of Britain. The Sebastian Evans translation"@en
  • "The history of the kings of Britain : an edition and translation of De gestis Britonum (Historia regum Britanniae)"
  • "Gottfried's von Monmouth historia regum Britannie, mit literar-historischer einleitung und ausführlichen anmerkungen, und brut tysylio, altwälsche chronik in deutscher uebersetzung"
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth effre o Fynwy"
  • "Historia regum Britanniae"@it
  • "Historia regum Britanniae"@en
  • "Historia regum Britanniae"
  • "Gottfried's von Monmouth Historia regum Britanniae : mit literar-historischer Einleitung und ausführlichen Anmerkungen, und Brut Tysylio, altwälsche Chronik in deutscher Uebers"
  • "The British history of Geoffrey of Monmouth In twelve books"@en
  • "The history of the Kings of Britain : translated with an introduction by Lewis Thorpe"@en
  • "History of the Kings of Britain. Translated by Sebastian Evans. Revised by Charles W. Dunn ... Introduction by Gwyn Jones"@en
  • "The History of the kings of Britain : ["Historia regum Britanniae"]. Translated... by Lewis Thorpe"
  • "Historia Britonum Galfredi Monumetensis : Nunc primum in Anglia novem codd msstis collatis"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum nunc primum in Anglia novem codd. msstis. collatis"
  • "The historia regum Britannie of Geoffrey Monmouth"
  • "The history of the kings od Britain"
  • "The Historia regum Britannie of Geoffrey Monmouth I Bern, Burgerbibliothek MS 568"
  • "Histories of the kings of Britain. {Translated by Sebastian Evans}"@en
  • "The historia regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth"
  • "[Histories of the Kings of Britain]"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis historia Britonum. : Nunc primum in Anglia, novem codd. msstis collatis, edidit J.A. Giles"
  • "Histories of the kings of Britain"
  • "Histories of the kings of Britain"@en
  • "The British history of Geoffrey of Monmouth, in twelve books"@en
  • "Gottfried's von Monmouth Historia regum Britanniae : mit literar-historischer Einleitung und ausführlichen Anmerkungen, und Brut Tysylio, altwälsche Chronik in deutscher Uebersetzung"
  • "Historia regum Brittaniae"
  • "Gottfried's von Monmouth historia regum Britannie mit literar-historischer einleitung und ausführlichen anmerkungen, und brut tysylio, altwälsche chronik in deutscher uebersetzung"
  • "The British history of of Geoffrey of Monmouth in twelve books"@en
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth : the history of the kings of Britain : an edition and translation of De gestis Britonum (Historia regum Britanniae)"@en
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth : the history of the kings of Britain : an edition and translation of De gestis Britonum (Historia regum Britanniae)"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum Nunc primum in Anglia, novem codd. msstis collatis"
  • "Historia Britonum : Nunc primum in Anglia; novem codd. msstis. collatis, edidit J.A. Giles"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum. : Pontici virunnii tarvisini historiae Britannicae libri sex"
  • "The British History of Geoffrey of Monmouth"@en
  • "The history of the kings of Britain : an edition and translation of "De gestis Britonum (Historia regum Britanniae)""
  • "The historia regum Britanniae"
  • "The historia regum Britanniae"@en
  • "The Historia regum Britanniae"@en
  • "The Historia regum Britanniae"
  • "The Historia regum Britanniæ of Geoffrey of Monmouth"
  • "The Historia regum Britanniæ of Geoffrey of Monmouth"@en
  • "Histories of the kings of Britain : Introd. by Lucy Allen Paton"
  • "The historia regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth : with contributions to the study of its place in early British history"
  • "Historia regum Britanniae : mit Einleitung und ausführlichen anmerkungen"
  • "The history of the kings of Britain : an edition and translation of De gestis Britonum [Historia Regum Britanniae]"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum : nunc primum in Anglia"
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth = Sieffre O Fynwy"@en
  • "Histoire des Rois de Bretagne"
  • "The history of the kings Britain"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum, nunc primum in Anglia"@en
  • "The british history of Geoffrey of Monmouth : In 12 books translated from the Latin, by A. Thompson"
  • "The Historia regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth : with contributions to the study of its place in early British history"@en
  • "The history of the kings of Britain. Translated with an introduction by Lewis Thorpe"@en
  • "Historia regum britanniae"
  • "Historia regum Britanniae : mit literar-historischer Einleitung und ausführlichen Anmerkungen, und Brut Tysylio"
  • "Histories of the Kings of Britain, by Geoffrey of Monmouth"
  • "The Historia Regum Britanniæ of Geoffrey of Monmouth. : With contributions to the study of its place in early British history by Acton Griscom ... Together with a literal translation of the Welsh manuscript No. LXI of Jesus College. Oxford, by Robert Ellis Jones, etc. [With facsimiles and a bibliography]"@en
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum"
  • "Gottfried's von Monmouth Historia Regum Britannie : mit literar-historischer Einleitung und ausführlichen Anmerkungen, und Brut Tysylio, altwälsche Chronik in deutscher Uebersetzung"
  • "The historia regum Britanniae : with contributions to the study of its place in early British history"@en
  • "The British history of Geoffrey of Monmouth. In twelve books"
  • "The History of the kings of Britain"
  • "History of the kings of Britain"@en
  • "History of the kings of Britain"
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth the history of the kings of Britain"
  • "The history of the kings of Britain an edition and translation of De gestis Britonum (Historia regum Britanniae)"@en
  • "The British history of Geoffrey of Monmouth ... Translated from the Latin by A. Thompson"@en
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum, nunc primum in Anglia novem codd. msstis. collatis"
  • "Histories of the Kings of Britain"@en
  • "Histories of the Kings of Britain"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum. Nunc primum in Anglia, novem codd. msstis collatis"
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth the history of the kings of Britain : an edition and translation of De gestis Britonum (Historia regum Britanniae)"@en
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis historia Britonum : nunc Primun in Anglia, novem codd Msstis collatis"@en
  • "Gottfried's von Monmouth Historia regum Britanniae, mit literar-historischer Einleitung und ausfuḧrlichen Anmerkungen, und Brut Tysylio, altwal̈sche Chronik in deutscher Ub̈ersetzung"
  • "Storia dei re di Britannia"
  • "Storia dei re di Britannia"@it
  • "The history of the kings of Britain; translated, with an introduction, by Lewis Thorpe"@en
  • "The history of the Kings of Britain"
  • "The history of the Kings of Britain"@en
  • "The History of the kings of Britain. Translated, with an introduction, by Lewis Thorpe"@en
  • "The Historia regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth with contributions to the study of its place in early British history"
  • "Histories of the kings of Great Britain"@en
  • "Historia Regum Britanniae"@pl
  • "Historia Regum Britanniae"
  • "<Historia regum Britanniae.&gt"@en
  • "Geoffrey of Monmouth, the history of the kings of Britain"
  • "History of the kings of Britain : Transl. with an introd. by Lewis Thorpe"
  • "The Historia regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth : with contributions to the study of its place in early British history"
  • "The historia regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth. With contributions to the study of its place in early British history"@en
  • "History of the kings of Britain : the Sebastian Evans translation revised by Charles W. Dunn"@en
  • "The British History of Geoffrey of Monmouth in 12 books"
  • "History of the kings of Britain / Geoffrey of Monmouth ; translated by Sebastian Evans ; revised by Charles W. Dunn ; introduction by Gwyn Jones"
  • "The British history of Geoffrey of Monmouth : in twelve books"@en
  • "Histoire des rois de Bretagne"
  • "History of the Kings of Britain"@en
  • "History of the Kings of Britain"
  • "Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum : nunc primum in Angli novem codd. msstis. collatis"
  • "History of the Kings of Britain. [Historia regum Britanniae] : Translated by Sebastian Evans. Revised by Charles W. Dunn. Introduction by Gwyn Jones"

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