Book Description
This book endures and inspires because it embodies mankind's deepest yearnings: the power of brotherhood and community, the romance of a love worth dying for, and the moral rightness of valor, honor, and chivalry.
Author : Sir Thomas Malory
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,80 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780810100312
This book endures and inspires because it embodies mankind's deepest yearnings: the power of brotherhood and community, the romance of a love worth dying for, and the moral rightness of valor, honor, and chivalry.
Author : Sir Thomas Malory
Publisher :
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 10,76 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Arthurian romances
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Malory
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 14,61 MB
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1624663613
This brisk retelling of Le Morte D'Arthur highlights the narrative drive, humor, and poignancy of Sir Thomas Malory’s original while updating his fifteenth-century English and selectively pruning over-elaborate passages that can try the patience of modern readers. The result is an adaptation that readers can enjoy as a fresh approach to Malory's sprawling masterpiece. The book's most famous episodes--the sword in the stone, the cataclysmic final battle--are all here, while lesser-known key episodes stand forth with new brightness and clarity. The text is accompanied by an up-to-date bibliography, including websites and video resources, and a descriptive index keyed--like the retelling itself--to the book and chapter divisions of William Caxton's first printed edition of 1485.
Author : Roger Lancelyn Green
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0141918705
King Arthur is one of the greatest legends of all time. From the magical moment when Arthur releases the sword in the stone to the quest for the Holy Grail and the final tragedy of the Last Battle, Roger Lancelyn Green brings the enchanting world of King Arthur stunningly to life. One of the greatest legends of all time, with an inspiring introduction by David Almond, award-winning author of Clay, Skellig, Kit's Wilderness and The Fire-Eaters.
Author : Thomas Malory
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781015679245
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Sir Thomas Malory
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Arthurian romances
ISBN : 0192824201
This English version of the stories of King Arthur, "Le Morte D'Arthur" was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory. Malory charts the tragic disintegration of the fellowship of the Round Table, destroyed from within by warring factions.
Author : Lori J. Walters
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 21,12 MB
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317721551
Beginning with an introduction that examines the portrayal of the characters of Lancelot and Guinevere from their origins to the present day, this collection of 16 essays-five of which appear here for the first time-puts particular emphasis on the appearance of the two characters in medieval and modern literature. Besides several studies exploring feminist concerns, the volume features articles on the representation of the lovers in medieval manuscript illuminations (18 plates focus on scenes of their first kiss and the consummation of the adultery), in film, and in other visual arts. A 200-item bibliography completes the volume.
Author : Kevin Sean Whetter
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 29,28 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1843844532
An examination of the rubricated letters in the Morte makes a convincing case for the design being by Malory himself. The red-ink names that decorate the Winchester manuscript of Malory's Morte Darthur are striking; yet until now, no-one has asked why the rubrication exists. This book explores the uniqueness and thematic significance of the physical layout of the Morte in its manuscript context, arguing that the layout suggests, and the correlations between manuscript design and narrative theme confirm, that the striking arrangement is likely to have been the product of authorial design rather than something unusual dreamed up by patron, scribe, reader, or printer. The introduction offers a thorough account of not only the textual tradition of the Morte, but also the ways in which scholarship to date has not done enough with the manuscript contexts of Malory's Arthuriad. The book then goes on to establish the singularity and likely provenance of Winchester's rubrication of names. In the second half of the study the author elucidates the narrative significance of this rubrication pattern, outlining striking connections between manuscript layout and major narrative events, characters, and themes. He suggests that the manuscript mise-en-page underscores Malory's interest in human character and knighthood, creating a memorializing function similar to the many inscribed tombs that dominate the landscape of the Morte's narrative pages. Inshort, Winchester's design creates a memorializing tomb for Arthurian chivalry. K.S. WHETTER is Professor of English at Acadia University, Canada.
Author : Richard Emmerson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1351681680
First published in 2006, Key Figures in Medieval Europe, brings together in one volume the most important people who lived in medieval Europe between 500 and 1500. Gathered from the biographical entries from the series, Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages, these A-Z biographical entries discuss the lives of over 575 individuals who have had a historical impact in such areas as politics, religion, and the arts. It includes individuals from places such as medieval England, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, and Scandinavia, as well as those from the Jewish and Islamic worlds. In one convenient volume, students, scholars, and interested readers will find the biographies of the people whose actions, beliefs, creations, and writings shaped the Middle Ages, one of the most fascinating periods of world history.
Author : Megan G. Leitch
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 22,79 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1843845237
A comprehensive survey of one of the most important texts of the Middle Ages.