Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut

by Wace

Book Overview

Wace is not to be regarded as one of the great contributors to our knowledge of King Arthur legend, but without a familiarity with his work, later French romance can scarcely be appreciated, so important is his place as a delicate transformer of the story, the harsher elements of which he veiled with the courtliness familiar to him, while he diffused throughout it the indefinable spirit of French romance; and this he did with the naive simplicity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508470871
• ISBN13: 9781508470878
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"