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Le Morte D'Arthur -Vol. 1 & 2-: The Complete Arthurian Classic of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617207167
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Mar 28 2012
Pages: 682
Weight: 2.17
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Le Morte D'Arthur -Vol. 1 & 2- is Sir Thomas Malory's great English prose telling of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, the quest for the Holy Grail, and the fall of Camelot. Drawing together French and English Arthurian traditions, Malory shaped the scattered legends of Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin, Tristram, Galahad, Gawain, and Mordred into the most influential single version of the Arthurian story in English literature.
First printed by William Caxton in 1485, Le Morte D'Arthur stands at the crossing point of medieval romance, chivalric adventure, tragic legend, and English literary history. Its world is one of honour, loyalty, courtly love, betrayal, spiritual aspiration, dynastic violence, and fatal human weakness. The book's power lies not only in its battles and quests, but in its long movement from heroic fellowship toward dissolution: the Round Table is founded in glory, tested by desire and pride, and finally broken by treachery, civil war, and grief.
For readers of classic literature, Arthurian legend, medieval romance, chivalric adventure, and the foundations of English prose fiction, this complete two-volume edition offers one of the essential works of the Western literary tradition: archaic, magnificent, violent, devout, and unforgettable.
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