Prose Merlin PB

by John Conlee

Book Overview

With its contextualizing introduction, notes, and gloss, this edition makes the Prose Merlin available to any student of Arthurian legend, no matter their level of proficiency in Middle English. Written in the latter half of the fifteenth century, the Prose Merlin is the first work of Arthurian literature written in English prose. The highly original poem, though based upon the French Vulgate cycle tradition of Arthurian legends, is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580440150
• ISBN13: 9781580440158
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.