Lazamon's Brut -- a 12th-century verse history of Britain from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the seventh-century Cadwalader -- is the first major work in English after the Norman conquest and also marks the first appearance of the Arthurian legends in English. Despite its historical importance, previous Brut scholarship has tended to focus on the philological and linguistic aspects of the text. Using the work of Mikhail Bakhtin to rethink the relationship between literature and history in the Brut, this book demonstrates Lazamon's use of prophecy as a narrative strategy to unite...
Lazamon's Brut -- a 12th-century verse history of Britain from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the seventh-century Cadwalader -- is the first maj...