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The History of the Kings of Britain: An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum (Historia Regum Brittannie): An Edition and Translation of ... Gestis Britonum (Historia Regum Britanniae)
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Product Description
TRANSLATED BY NEIL WRIGHT This imaginative history of the Britons, written in the twelfth century, contains the first appearance of many mythical figures, King Lear and King Arthur among them. It rapidly became a `bestseller' across the British Isles and Europe: over 200 manuscripts survive. Here, an authoritative version of the text is presented with a facing translation, prepared especially for the volume. It also contains a full introduction and notes.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #74969 in Books
- Published on: 2009-05-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 392 pages
Editorial Reviews
JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES, volume 48, number 2
This is a handsome volume and a major contribution to twelfth-century British studies. It will provide a firm textual basis for the next generation of scholarly research on Geoffrey of Monmouth and on twelfth-century historiography.
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This new critical edition [...] is a major advance in scholarship and will undoubtedly become the standard text for the foreseeable future.
About the Author
MICHAEL REEVE is Kennedy Professor of Latin Emeritus at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge; Dr NEIL WRIGHT is a Senior Language Teaching Officer at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge.
Customer Reviews
Essential for any Latinist, as well as any Medievalist
This is as near as possible a definitive version of Geoffrey's fabulous, racy and vivid "history", with a Loeb-style Latin text and English facing-page translation. The critical study of variant editions and readings is exhaustive, though most readers might have preferred more notes about Geoffrey's possible sources, his literary style and his influence on later writers.
Still, this is the text to get, whether you only want to read the English version or have the Latin as well -- and the Latin is a real joy, accessible and readable and always running along at a cracking pace. Why this is not studied and enjoyed more by Latin students is a mystery -- hopefully this edition will start to become a required text for post A-level (or even A-level).
