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Le Morte d'Arthur - Community Reviews back

by Thomas Malory
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narfna
narfna rated it 14 years ago
Too long. Way, way, way too long.
Warwick
Warwick rated it 14 years ago
It's a great edition of the text with excellent secondary materials and essays.However, I am very disappointed that an edition which advertises itself as being "unabridged" and in "original spelling" in fact silently emends all yoghs and thorns to gh and th. Use of u/v and i/j has also been ‘moderni...
mrsbond
mrsbond rated it 15 years ago
The first time I read this I was a college student immersed in literature. I loved the language and imagery, truly felt transported to another time and place. With this second reading I see James Bond. Arthur roams the countryside, bedding/leaving damsels, fighting/killing whatever gets in his way, ...
So Many Books, So Little Time...
So Many Books, So Little Time... rated it 15 years ago
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. Repetiti...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 16 years ago
Woman's Hour Drama: The Quest 24-08-2009 - 28-08-2009A surreal, humorous and moving allegorical retelling of Thomas Mallory's Morte d'Arthur, starring Mark Gatiss as Merlin and Julian Rhind-Tutt as Arthur. The blurb - In a 15th-century Britain that resembles the Favellas of Rio, Arthur is Merlin's p...
Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog
I must push on and finish this as I must be over 80% through it.
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