Le Morte D'Arthur (Modern Library) - Hardcover

Malory, Sir Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067960099X ISBN 13: 9780679600992

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1994

Synopsis

The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the greatest works of literature--from Cervantes'sDon Quixote to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although many versions exist, Malory's stands as the classic rendition. Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries.

The stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Queen Guenever, and Tristram and Isolde seem astonishingly moving and modern. Malory'sLe Morte d'Arthur endures and inspires because it embodies mankind's deepest yearnings for brotherhood and community, a love worth dying for, and valor, honor, and chivalry.


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About the Author

Elizabeth J. Bryan is associate professor of English at Brown University. She is the author ofCollaborative Meaning in Medieval Scribal Culture: The Otho LaZamon.


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of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the greatest works of literature--from Cervantes's Don Quixote to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although many versions exist, Malory's stands as the classic rendition. Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries.

The stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Queen Guenever, and Tristram and Isolde seem astonishingly moving and modern. Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur endures and inspires because it embodies mankind's deepest yearnings for brotherhood and community, a love worth dying for, and valor, honor, and chivalry.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067960099X
• ISBN 13: 9780679600992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 992