Le Morte Darthur
The Winchester Manuscript
$25.69
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
10 December 2008
Summary
The definitive English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, ‘knight-prisoner’. In a resonant prose style, Malory charts the tragic disintegration of the fellowship of the Round Table, destroyed from within by warring factions. Recounting the life of King Arthur, the knightly exploits of Sir Lancelot du Lake, Sir Tristram, Sir Gawain, and the quest for the Holy Grail, Le Morte Darthur depicts the contradictions…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199537341 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199537348 |
| Author: | Thomas Malory, Helen Cooper |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford Paperbacks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2008 |
| Weight: | 427g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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Thomas Malory
Helen Cooper is Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow, University College, Oxford. She is author of Oxford Guides to Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales (Clarendon Press 1989, rev 1996).
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