{"product_id":"miscellanea-troiana-john-gower-9798340751799","title":"Miscellanea Troiana: Excerpts from Gower, Lydgate, Mannyng, \u0026 The Scottish Troy Book","description":"\u003ci\u003eIn medieval Britain, the works of Homer were practically unknown. In his absence, the half-remembered story of the Trojan War took on a distinctly Arthurian flavour, with the heroes Achilles and Hector reimagined as armoured knights on horseback, duelling with broadsword and lance.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the sixth and final volume of this series, editor D. M. Smith presents a selection of excerpts from three Middle English long poems, all of which contain stories from or references to the Trojan War, but not in a proportion that would have justified a complete translation. Included are eighteen tales from \u003ci\u003eConfessio Amantis\u003c\/i\u003e by John Gower (c. 1390), two from \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Princes\u003c\/i\u003e by John Lydgate (c. 1438), and a lengthy excerpt from the \u003ci\u003eChronicle\u003c\/i\u003e of Robert Mannyng (c. 1338) describing the mythical founding of Britain by Brutus of Troy, a descendant of Aeneas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso included is the extant text of \u003ci\u003eThe Scottish Troy Book\u003c\/i\u003e: a fragmentary and anonymous work discovered in the mid-nineteenth century preserved within two Scottish manuscripts of John Lydgate's \u003ci\u003eTroy Book.\u003c\/i\u003e Some 3,700 lines survive of this mysterious and unique poem, representing a lost Middle Scots translation of Guido delle Colonne's \u003ci\u003eHistoria Destructionis Troiae\u003c\/i\u003e (c. 1287). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll four texts have been fully annotated, and are presented in a sensitive Modern English translation which respects the original rhyme and metre, allowing them to continue to be enjoyed as works of poetry, the way their medieval authors intended.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gower,John Lydgate,Robert Mannyng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798340751799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"John Gower","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800905494783,"sku":"9798340751799","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/miscellanea-troiana-john-gower-9798340751799","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}