Le Morte Darthur - Couverture souple

Malory, Thomas; Lumiansky, R.M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0020225601 ISBN 13 : 9780020225607

Editeur : Prentice Hall & IBD, 1986

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the greatest works of literature--from Cervantes's Don Quixote to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although many versions exist, Malory's stands as the classic rendition. Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries.

The stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Queen Guenever, and Tristram and Isolde seem astonishingly moving and modern. Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur endures and inspires because it embodies mankind's deepest yearnings for brotherhood and community, a love worth dying for, and valor, honor, and chivalry.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by Helen Moore.

The legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table is one of the most enduring and influential stories in world literature. Its themes - love, war, religion, treachery and family loyalty - are timeless, as are the reputations of its major characters, Arthur, Merlin, Guenever and Launcelot.

Malory's Le Morte Darthur is a story of noble knights, colourful tournaments and fateful love, set in a courtly society which is outwardly secure and successful, but in reality torn by dissent and, ultimately, treachery. Originally published in 1485, Malory's Le Morte Darthur is here presented in modern spelling and is accompanied by an Introduction and helpful Glossary.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Date d'édition: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0020225601
• ISBN 13: 9780020225607
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 750