Le Morte D'Arthur Volume 1

Name: Le Morte D'Arthur Volume 1
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SKU: 9780140430431
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By Thomas Malory

Series: Le Morte D'Arthur

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Le Morte D'Arthur Volume 1 by Thomas Malory recounts the legendary tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The narrative details the rise of Arthur to the throne, the establishment of his court, and the noble quests undertaken by the knights. Rooted in chivalric ideals, the stories explore themes of honour, loyalty, and the tragic flaws of its characters, set amidst the mythic and medieval backdrop of Arthurian legend.
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You might enjoy this classic if you are captivated by tales of chivalry, knights, and Arthurian legends. This volume offers an epic blend of adventure, romance, and the mystique of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, bringing to life the journey of heroism and honour in the medieval world.

Le Morte D'Arthur Volume 1

Presents an evocative version of the Arthurian legend. This book describes Arthur's ascendancy to the throne after claiming Excalibur, his ill-fated marriage to Guenever, the treachery of Morgan le Fay and the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table.

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A richly enthralling and evocative account of King Arthur.

Le Morte D'Arthur is Sir Thomas Malory's richly evocative and enthralling version of the Arthurian legend. Recounting Arthur's birth, his ascendancy to the throne after claiming Excalibur, his ill-fated marriage to Guenever, the treachery of Morgan le Fay, and the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table, it magically weaves together adventure, battle, love, and enchantment.

Le Morte D'Arthur looks back to an idealised Medieval world and is full of wistful, elegiac regret for a vanished age of chivalry. Edited and published by William Caxton in 1485, Malory's prose romance drew on French and English verse sources to give an epic unity to the Arthur myth, and remains the most magnificent re-telling of the story in English.

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ISBN: 9780140430431

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 May 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Edited by Janet Cowen
Introduction by John Lawlor

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 365g

Pages: 528

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About the Author

No one knows for sure who the author of Le Morte D'Arthur was, but the generally accepted theory is that of American scholar G.L. Kitteredge, who argued it was Sir Thomas Malory, born in the first quarter of the fifteenth century, and who spent the greatest part of his last twenty years in prison. Another possibility is a Thomas Malory of Studley and Hutton in Yorkshire, or an author living north of Warwickshire. It is generally accepted that the author was a member of the gentry and a Lancastrain. John Lawlor was Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Keele. He is the author of The Tragic Sense in Shakespeare, Piers Plowman: An Essay in Criticism and Chaucer. Janet Cowen is a senior lecturer in English at King's College, University of London.

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