Anthony Munday: The First Book of Primaleon of Greece
A Critical Edition
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The last decades of the Elizabethan age saw Anthony Munday devote himself to the intermittent translation of Iberian romances. Among these, The first book of Primaleon of Greece (1595) results from Munday’s translation of François de Vernassal’s French rendering of part of a Castilian romance belonging to the Palmerinian cycle, mainly dealing with princes Primaleon of Greece and Edward of England’s early years as knights.
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Spain; early modern period; Iberian romances; translationDOI
10.1515/9783111305615ISBN
9783111305615, 9783111304014, 9783111305653, 9783111305615Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://0-www-degruyter-com.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2024Imprint
De GruyterClassification
Europe
English
Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600