Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 Contributor(s): Malory, Thomas (Author), Cowen, Janet (Editor), Lawlor, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140430431 ISBN-13: 9780140430431 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1970 Annotation: Edited and first published by William Caxton in 1485, Sir Thomas Malory's unique and splendid version of the Arthurian legend tells an immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery, and death. This edition includes an excellent introduction by John Lawlor. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Fantasy - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1200 |
Series: Le Morte D'Arthur |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.2" W x 7.76" (0.81 lbs) 528 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 idealized 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |