Le Morte d'Arthur

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Le Morte d'Arthur
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sir Thomas Malory
Introduction by Elizabeth Bryan
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:992
Dimensions(mm): Height 201,Width 132
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780375753220
ClassificationsDewey:823.2
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Modern Library Inc
Publication Date 22 February 1999
Publication Country United States

Description

This English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte D''Arthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory. Malory charts the tragic disintegration of the fellowship of the Round Table, destroyed from within by warring factions.'

Author Biography

Elizabeth J. Bryan is associate professor of English at Brown University. She is the author of Collaborative Meaning in Medieval Scribal Culture- The Otho LaZamon.

Reviews

"Le Morte d'Arthur remains an enchanted sea for the reader to swim about in, delighting at the random beauties of fifteenth-century prose." --Robert Graves