The Middle English Breton Lays

The Middle English Breton Lays

This 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......
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<p>Written approximately between 1150 and 1450, the Middle English Breton Lays emulate the <em>Lais</em> of Marie de France, regarded as one of the first female writers to compose poetry in her own vernacular language. Following the <em>lai </em>genre, these Middle English poems are short, rhymed narratives of love, marriage, and chivalry, often involving encounters with fairies and other Celtic supernatural figures. Each of the eight poems in this volume—<em>Sir Orfeo</em>, <em>Lay le Freine</em>, <em>Sir Degare</em>, <em>Emare</em>, <em>Sir Launfal</em>, <em>Sir Gowther</em>, <em>Erle of Tolous</em>, and <em>Sir Cleges</em>—reveal differences in dialect that showcase the complexity of the Breton Lay genre as representative of different English regional areas and manuscripts, and the overarching themes of each lay offer insights into medieval English family values, interpersonal morals, and romantic ideals. This edition improves upon its predecessors by furnishing introductory readers with detailed introductory statements and notes for each of the lays.</p>

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