You probably know this as the Morte Darthur, a slightly misleading title since what Malory essentially does is put almost every Arthur-related story written before 1450 into one big book. This includes a lot of Arthur not dying. It also includes a lot of jousts, tournaments, fights-to-the-death-oh-a...
I agree with the reviewer who said this is not for the faint of heart, and few general readers are going to find this a great read. If you're looking for an absorbing, entertaining read with characters you can relate to and root for, you're absolutely, positively in the wrong place. Read instead Art...
I started reading this book almost 20 years ago, but made the mistake of reading T.H. White's The Once and Future King first. The difference in prose between a book written in the 1950s (White) and a book written in the 15th century (Malory) was so stark as to make this book nigh impenetrable. Needl...
This book is a cornerstone of Arthurian literature, and an engaging read. Once I got used to the language, it was something that really captured my imagination. It has its problems, but that's to be expected of something cobbled together out of multiple legends from multiple countries and written by...
cross-posted at goodreads and the mo-centric universe. my copy of le morte d'arthur is the vinaver edit. i haven't read it in years, but picking it up now, i assure you this copy is well-thumbed and annotated from my first reading in university. in the first fifty pages, i have written in a very s...
Having been forced to return this to the library based on due dates and the lack of time available to read it it shall remain on my ongoing shelf until I can continue. I still have around 500 pages to read...
2nd reading : The Noble Tale of the Sankgreal; I had to read this for a seminar essay, and I don't think it is among the best tales about the Knights. This is where they all need to show their virtues, and the knights who have not yet been sexually active are the ones deemed the most virtuous. Les...
These tales have a certain Monthy-Python'esque quality to them! The Knights that are the heroes of the stories are not necessarily the 'good, honourable' kind of guy knights were supposed to be during these times! And that makes it all the more funny to read!
As far as I'm concerned this is the edition of Malory's _Le Morte D'Arthur_ to read. The Middle English is really not so foreign that it requires 'translation' and even modernizing the spelling seems a bit superfluous to me as I felt the archaic spelling added to my immersion in the stories.Malory i...
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