Originally published in 1964. The book presents a commentary on Le Morte d'Arthur that illuminates Malory's literary aims and techniques. The author brings to bear several hitherto unused source materials on Malory's work and offers new analyses of his authorial purposes. Lumiansky argues that Malory wrote a single unified book rather than eight separate tales. The source of Malory's story is an Old French romance known as the Suite du Merlin. Lumiansky traces Malory's originality through Malory's treatment of the main generic features of the Suite du Merlin.
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LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Copyright Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter I. “The Tale of King Arthur”: Beginnings and Foreshadowings
- Chapter II. “The Tale of King Arthur and the Emperor Lucius”: The Rise of Lancelot
- Chapter III. “The Tale of Lancelot”: Prelude to Adultery
- Chapter IV. “The Tale of Gareth”: The Chivalric Flowering
- Chapter V. “The Tale of Tristram”: Development by Analogy
- Chapter VI. “The Tale of the Sankgreall”: Human Frailty
- Chapter VII. “The Tale of Lancelot and Guenevere”: Suspense
- Chapter VIII. “The Tale of the Death of Arthur”: Catastrophe and Resolution
- Index
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