Anthony Munday, “The Honourable, Pleasant, and Rare Conceited Historie of Palmendos”

A Critical Edition

Edited by Leticia Álvarez-Recio

Book cover: Anthony Munday, “The Honourable, Pleasant, and Rare Conceited Historie of Palmendos”

Extent: 376 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Literary Studies

Series: TEAMS Varia

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2022)

ISBN: 9781580444811

5.91 x 9.06 inches

Price: $29.95

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Anthony Munday (1560?-1633) published this English translation of a Spanish heroic romance in 1589; it follows the adventures of Palmendos on his journey to Constantinople. This is an original-spelling edition producing a reliable text, as close as possible to the author’s original manuscript.


Munday’s translation is based on a Spanish original entitled Primaleon de Grecia I (Salamanca, 1512). This Spanish romance, the second book in the Palmerin cycle, soon became a best-seller in the Spanish market, with several editions published between 1512 and 1588. The work was also translated into many continental languages. Anthony Munday translated his Palmendos from the French version by Francois de Vernassal late in 1588. The Historie of Palmendos comprised the first thirty-two chapters of the French text and focused on the adventures of Palmendos on his journey to Constantinople. It was reprinted in 1653 and 1663 with slight alterations from the 1589 version. This is an original-spelling edition that produces a most reliable text, as close as possible to the author’s original manuscript.

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Introduction
Anthony Munday, Early Modern Prose Fiction, and European Chivalric Romance (1577–1603)
Translating Spanish Romances in Sixteenth-Century England: Munday's Method of Translation in Palmendos
The Publication History of Anthony Munday's Palmendos

The Text

Explanatory Notes

Textual Apparatus
Editorial Policy
Bibliographical Descriptions
Word Division

Glossary
Neologisms
Quasi-Neologisms

List of Characters

Bibliographical References

  • Edited by Leticia Álvarez-Recio