Le Morte D'Arthur -Vol. 1 & 2- - Malory, Thomas

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Biographie:
Sir Thomas Malory was the English author traditionally credited with Le Morte D'Arthur, the great fifteenth-century prose compilation that became the central English version of the Arthurian legend. Though the details of Malory's life remain debated, the work associated with his name brought together earlier French and English romance materials into a powerful narrative of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, the Grail quest, and the destruction of Camelot. First printed by William Caxton in 1485, Le Morte D'Arthur became one of the most important works in the history of English prose fiction.Malory's achievement lies in transforming a vast body of medieval legend into a sustained literary world of chivalry, loyalty, love, betrayal, religious aspiration, and tragic decline. His Arthurian narrative shaped later literature, art, popular myth, and modern fantasy, influencing generations of writers and readers who returned to Camelot as a symbol of heroic fellowship and inevitable loss. For readers of classic literature, medieval romance, Arthurian legend, and the origins of English narrative prose, Malory remains indispensable....

Sommaire:
Le Morte D'Arthur -Vol. 1 & 2- is Sir Thomas Malory's great English prose telling of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, the quest for the Holy Grail, and the fall of Camelot. Drawing together French and English Arthurian traditions, Malory shaped the scattered legends of Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin, Tristram, Galahad, Gawain, and Mordred into the most influential single version of the Arthurian story in English literature. First printed by William Caxton in 1485, Le Morte D'Arthur stands at the crossing point of medieval romance, chivalric adventure, tragic legend, and English literary history. Its world is one of honour, loyalty, courtly love, betrayal, spiritual aspiration, dynastic violence, and fatal human weakness. The book's power lies not only in its battles and quests, but in its long movement from heroic fellowship toward dissolution: the Round Table is founded in glory, tested by desire and pride, and finally broken by treachery, civil war, and grief. For readers of classic literature, Arthurian legend, medieval romance, chivalric adventure, and the foundations of English prose fiction, this complete two-volume edition offers one of the essential works of the Western literary tradition: archaic, magnificent, violent, devout, and unforgettable....