Le Morte d'Arthur - vol 1

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Malory Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Janet Cowen, John Lawlor, Sir Thomas Malory, Thomas Malory
• Assisted by: Janet Cowen (Editor), Cowen Janet (Editor), John Lawlor (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2004
• EAN: 9780140430431
• ISBN: 978-0-14-043043-1
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics; Le Morte D'Arthur
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Myth & legend told as fiction, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval