{"product_id":"le-morte-darthur-volume-1-paperback","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Malory\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet Cowen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Lawlor\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Thomas Malory's richly evocative and enthralling version of the Arthurian legend\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecounting Arthur's birth, his ascendancy to the throne after claiming Excalibur, his ill-fated marriage to Guenever, the treachery of Morgan le Fay and the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table, it magically weaves together adventure, battle, love and enchantment. \u003ci\u003eLe Morte D'Arthur \u003c\/i\u003elooks back to an idealized Medieval world and is full of wistful, elegiac regret for a vanished age of chivalry. Edited and published by William Caxton in 1485, Malory's prose romance drew on French and English verse sources to give an epic unity to the Arthur myth, and remains the most magnificent re-telling of the story in English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one knows for sure who the author of \u003ci\u003eLe Morte D'Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e was, but the generally accepted theory is that of American scholar G.L. Kitteredge, who argued it was \u003cb\u003eSir Thomas Malory\u003c\/b\u003e, born in the first quarter of the fifteenth century, and who spent the greatest part of his last twenty years in prison. Another possibility is a Thomas Malory of Studley and Hutton in Yorkshire, or an author living north of Warwickshire. It is generally accepted that the author was a member of the gentry and a Lancastrain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e John Lawlor\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor a of English Language and Literature at the University of Keele. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Sense in Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman: An Essay in Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChaucer\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet Cowen\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer in English at King's College, University of London.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 7.76 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 1970\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753705636128,"sku":"9780140430431","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/837d172e117593f048342e06760e504b.webp?v=1780025919","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/le-morte-darthur-volume-1-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}