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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.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1. "The Tale of King Arthur": Beginnings and Foreshadowings
Chapter 2. "The Tale of King Arthur and the Emperor Lucius": The Rise of Lancelot
Chapter 3. "The Tale of Lacncelot": Prelude to Adultery
Chapter 4. "The Tale of Gareth": The Chivalric Flowering
Chapter 5. "The Tale of Tristram": Development by Analogy
Chapter 6. "The Tale of the Sankgreall": Human Frailty
Chapter 7. "The Tale of Lancelot and Guenever": Suspense
Chapter 8. "The Tale of the Death of Arthur": Catastrophe and Resolution
Index

Malorys Originality

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/01/2020
      ISBN13: 9781421433103, 978-1421433103
      ISBN10: 1421433109
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      Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword
      Introduction
      Chapter 1. "The Tale of King Arthur": Beginnings and Foreshadowings
      Chapter 2. "The Tale of King Arthur and the Emperor Lucius": The Rise of Lancelot
      Chapter 3. "The Tale of Lacncelot": Prelude to Adultery
      Chapter 4. "The Tale of Gareth": The Chivalric Flowering
      Chapter 5. "The Tale of Tristram": Development by Analogy
      Chapter 6. "The Tale of the Sankgreall": Human Frailty
      Chapter 7. "The Tale of Lancelot and Guenever": Suspense
      Chapter 8. "The Tale of the Death of Arthur": Catastrophe and Resolution
      Index

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