This brisk retelling of Le Morte D''Arthur highlights the narrative drive, humor, and poignancy of Sir Thomas Malory’s original while updating his fifteenth-century English and selectively pruning over-elaborate passages that can try the patience of modern readers.
The result is an adaptation that readers can enjoy as a fresh approach to Malory''s sprawling masterpiece.
The book''s most famous episodes--the sword in the stone, the cataclysmic final battle--are all here, while lesser-known key episodes stand forth with new brightness and clarity.
The text is accompanied by an up-to-date bibliography, including websites and video resources, and a descriptive index keyed--like the retelling itself--to the book and chapter divisions of William Caxton''s first printed edition of 1485.
Format |
Häftad |
Omfång |
368 sidor |
Språk |
Engelska |
Förlag |
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
Utgivningsdatum |
2015-03-05 |
ISBN |
9781624663598 |