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Richard Coer de Lyon (Paperback, New edition)
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Richard Coer de Lyon (Paperback, New edition)
Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series
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One of the most engaging Middle English crusading poems, Richard
Coer de Lyon recounts in verse the exploits, both historical and
fanciful, of Richard I, king of England. While Richard's
participation in the Third Crusade serves as its main subject, the
poem disrupts its historical narrative with a number of fabulous
interpolations, two of which are particularly notorious: the
depiction of Richard's mother as a demon, and the portrayal of the
king himself as a voracious cannibal. Once the source of critical
disparagement, the poem's blending of history and fantasy-its
historical distortions-have recently become the focus of renewed
interest in the poem. With a substantial introduction and
comprehensive explanatory and textual notes, this new edition of
Richard Coer de Lyon signally contributes to the reappraisal and
understanding of what became-during the centuries-long process of
its composition-one of the most popular of medieval romances.
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