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Robert Wace

Autor de Arthurian Chronicles

17 Obras 262 Miembros 4 Reseñas

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Nombre canónico
Wace, Robert
Otros nombres
Wace
Fecha de nacimiento
c. 1100
Fecha de fallecimiento
after 1174
Género
male
Nacionalidad
England
País (para mapa)
England, UK
Lugares de residencia
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 reseñas más. | 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 reseñas más. | 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."… (más)
 
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tripleblessings | 2 reseñas más. | 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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ME_Dictionary | Mar 19, 2020 |

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Obras
17
Miembros
262
Popularidad
#87,814
Valoración
½ 3.7
Reseñas
4
ISBNs
37
Idiomas
4

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