Le Morte D'Arthur Volume 1

图书标准信息

• 作者 Sir Thomas Malory 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1973-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140430431
• 定价 125.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 528页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

LeMorteD'ArthurisSirThomasMalory'srichlyevocativeandenthrallingversionoftheArthurianlegend.RecountingArthur'sbirth,hisascendancytothethroneafterclaimingExcalibur,hisill-fatedmarriagetoGuenever,thetreacheryofMorganleFayandtheexploitsoftheKnightsoftheRoundTable,itmagicallyweavestogetheradventure,battle,loveandenchantment.LeMorteD'ArthurlooksbacktoanidealizedMedievalworldandisfullofwistful,elegiacregretforavanishedageofchivalry.EditedandpublishedbyWilliamCaxtonin1485,Malory'sproseromancedrewonFrenchandEnglishversesourcestogiveanepicunitytotheArthurmyth,andremainsthemostmagnificentre-tellingofthestoryinEnglish.

【作者简介】

NooneknowsforsurewhotheauthorofLeMorteD'Arthurwas,butthegenerallyacceptedtheoryisthatofAmericanscholarG.L.Kitteredge,whoargueditwasSirThomasMalory,borninthefirstquarterofthefifteenthcentury,andwhospentthegreatestpartofhislasttwentyyearsinprison.AnotherpossibilityisaThomasMaloryofStudleyandHuttoninYorkshire,oranauthorlivingnorthofWarwickshire.ItisgenerallyacceptedthattheauthorwasamemberofthegentryandaLancastrain.JohnLawlorwasProfessorofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureattheUniversityofKeele.HeistheauthorofTheTragicSenseinShakespeare,PiersPlowman:AnEssayinCriticismandChaucer.JanetCowenisaseniorlecturerinEnglishatKing'sCollege,UniversityofLondon.