A Presentment of Englishry - Guilar, Liam
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'Are you English?' is never a neutral question. In the 11th century a 'Presentment of Englishry' was the offering of proof that a dead man was English and therefore unimportant. In the 12th century Läamon, a priest living in the small settlement of Areley Regis by the River Severn, set out to 'tell the noble deeds of the English, who they were, and where they came from.' No one knows why he choose to write his 16,000-plus lines in English. Taking his life and poem as their starting point, the stories in this collection of poems move outward from the legendary arrival of the Trojans in Britain,…mehr

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'Are you English?' is never a neutral question. In the 11th century a 'Presentment of Englishry' was the offering of proof that a dead man was English and therefore unimportant. In the 12th century Läamon, a priest living in the small settlement of Areley Regis by the River Severn, set out to 'tell the noble deeds of the English, who they were, and where they came from.' No one knows why he choose to write his 16,000-plus lines in English. Taking his life and poem as their starting point, the stories in this collection of poems move outward from the legendary arrival of the Trojans in Britain, finding echoes and similarities in stories from Angevin England and Ireland, the prehistoric tin trade and the arrival of the first English as raiders and migrants in a fading Roman Britain.
Autorenporträt
Liam Guilar has published five collections of poetry. He studied medieval literature and history at Birmingham University (UK) where he was told he should 'do something with Läamon' for his Honours thesis. After moving to Australia, where he teaches English, he continued to 'do something with Läamon', completing a Masters degree on the poet and his audience and writing about him for PN Review. He was awarded a PhD in creative writing from Deakin University. His website is www.liamguilar.com and his blog is at http://ladygodivaandme.blogspot.com.au