Medieval Arthurian English Translations #2
Explore medieval Arthurian English translations with King Arthur in Legend and History by Richard White, a key literary criticism guide to Arthurian books and legends.
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Le morte Darthur, or, The hoole book of Kyng Arthur and of his noble knyghtes of the Rounde Table
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King Arthur in Legend and History
by Richard White
Presenting selections from medieval Latin, Welsh, English, French and German literature, Richard White traces the Arthurian legend from the earliest mentions of Arthur in Latin chronicles to Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Many of these selections are translated here for the time into English. Bringing together an extensive range of diverse material which reveals the development of the figure of Arthur, this anthology enables the reader to understand how the Arthurian legend developed over a period of more than five hundred years. King Arthur in Legend and History also includes a chronology of key Arthurian texts, an appendix of the Arthurian Courts, a list of sources, suggestions for further reading and bibliography. Also inlcludes five maps.