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Bezig met laden... The Lay of Havelok the Danedoor Anonymous (Havelock)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was my first foray into the fields of Middle English beyond the Riverside Chaucer. I thought I might have difficulty because þ is not modernised in this edition. I got used to that very quickly, but what I had not realised is that Havelock is written in an entirely different dialect than I am familiar with. It is virtually Norse. At the start I would sometimes read an entire line and realise that I could not be sure of the meaning of a single word in it. I have to be in Romance mode for Chaucer but I rewired my brain to Germanic and after 20 pages of constantly flipping back and forth to the excellent glossary I suddenly realised I was reading with relative ease… which was handy because this is a fast-paced, lively and immediate story. I reminded me a lot of Star Wars. Havelock definitely wears one of the hero's thousand faces. It's written in what must have been, at the time very everyday English. The author's a very good narrative poet. It's rhymed and metred, but the poetry is subservient to the story. There's a great juxtaposition between the miraculous and the mundane. The action is clearly realised and at times it's very funny. A little gem. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Havelok is the second oldest surviving romance written in English. It is often categorized in the so-called Matter of Britain, which tell the story of English heroes and history. It is believed to have been composed somewhere between 1295-1310. The romance survives in one imperfect version, as well some fragments. A copy of the 3001 line poem is available to view in Grimsby Public Library. The story of Havelok has had a rich textual life and surely must have held great fascination for readers of many nationalities up until the 20th century. It is a story that unites the local interest of the founding of Grimsby in Lincolnshire to a cosmopolitan acknowledgment of the complex national identity of England in the Middle Ages, bringing together Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Danish and British influences. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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