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Le Morte Darthur Of Sir Thomas Malory A Study Of The Book And Its Sources By Vida D. Scudder Hardcover
Excerpt from Le Morte Darthur of Sir Thomas Malory Its Sources
In this literature, romance holds a leading place. True, the Latinists of the Middle Ages have a power and a value hardly yet appreciated; it has been rightly pointed out that Carlyle, Ruskin Bergson, would have written in Latin had they lived 1n the thirteenth cen tury, and the medieval philosophers and theologians are as great men as their modern successors. But the writings in the vernacular are warmer with the touch of life. Among these, the romance-cycles are of prime importance among those cycles, none is so central as the Arthurian, and in the long development of Arthurian romance, Malory's M orte, for English readers at least, marks the glorious consummation. That is the reason for this book.
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In this literature, romance holds a leading place. True, the Latinists of the Middle Ages have a power and a value hardly yet appreciated; it has been rightly pointed out that Carlyle, Ruskin Bergson, would have written in Latin had they lived 1n the thirteenth cen tury, and the medieval philosophers and theologians are as great men as their modern successors. But the writings in the vernacular are warmer with the touch of life. Among these, the romance-cycles are of prime importance among those cycles, none is so central as the Arthurian, and in the long development of Arthurian romance, Malory's M orte, for English readers at least, marks the glorious consummation. That is the reason for this book.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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First published December 26, 2009
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