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I just recently finished reading "Le Morte d'Arthur", and it was an interesting experience. It defies categorization. Not a novel, not an epic poem, not exactly a collection of myths, more than a collection of folk stories, certainly a product of a Christian imagination, but very earthy. Repetitive, Leggi tutto

It happened one Pentecost when King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table had all assembled at the castle of Kynke Kenadonne and were waiting, as was customary, for some unusual event to occur before settling down to the feast, that Sir Gawain saw through the window three gentlemen riding tow

The ultimate piece of Arthurian legend? Perhaps. It took me a quarter of a century as a passionate lover of mythology and fantasy to read Le Morte d'Arthur , and in the end I only did so because I've started regularly encountering and listening to people who know much more about Arthurian literature t Leggi tutto

At long last hath I enchieved the goodliest quest of 937 pages of Ye Olde English! 937 pages of damosels and knights smiting everych other and breaking their spears all to-brast, and tourneys and "justing" and villainous kings who traitorly slew... oops, there I go again. I'm just! so! happy! I've be Leggi tutto

Very much recommend this edition -as for MORTE itself, the interminable quest for the grail drags it down, but the high points are remarkable. Lancelot and Guinevere...Tristram and Isolde...Gawain, such great characters. I come from TH White and that will always be my favorite version of this myth,

I'm so glad I finally read Le Morte Darthur. I've loved the King Arthur stories ever since I was little and read what I think was a retelling by Enid Blyton. I actually read this for my Late Medieval Literature class, but I'd have read it someday anyway. The copy I read was an abridgement, which is