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Robert Wace

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform
Wace, Robert
Andere Namen
Wace
Geburtstag
c. 1100
Todestag
after 1174
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
England
Land (für Karte)
England, UK
Wohnorte
Jersey, Channel Islands

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A small irritant is the fact that these are not Chronicles, a year by year account, usually concerned with geographical areas, but verse romances. So, the title sucks. The prose style of the translator is not very lively, and his excuse might be that he's gone for accuracy as opposed to liveliness. the collector of Arthuriana should not be without this volume, but very little here has not been covered by other period writers.
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DinadansFriend | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 23, 2016 |
Read about half, but having read lots of Arthurian material before it wasn't all that exciting...
 
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Georges_T._Dodds | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 30, 2013 |
Jacket notes, from the introduction by Gwyn Jones: "The three most important Arthurian chroniclers as far as England is concerned were Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace and Layamon. Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain had proved very popular, and Wace was one of the first to use the matter in verse form in octosyllable couplets.
Layamon followed Wace, but in him we see English verse in the very act of change, making Layamon the first important poet in Middle English. There is a continuous use of alliteration, syllabic strictness, rhyme and assonance. In his pages we meet Arthur for the first time in English, for he transformed Arthurian legend with the Saxon spirit, and divested it of courtly elegance, giving it greater force and simplicity... the legends he composed became a source of inspiration to later generations."… (mehr)
 
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tripleblessings | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 2, 2007 |
2 v. Contains only the first portion of the Chronicle, that derived from Geoffrey and Wace, the portion not previously edited by Hearne.Volume 1 disbound for CME
 
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