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Sir Thomas Malory Marylyn Parins · 2002 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range… Shares: Malory, Romances, Arthurian romances

Malory Eugène Vinaver · 1929 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author of Le Morte d'Arthur, the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend, compiled and in most cases translated from French sources, and published by the famed London printer William Caxton in 1485. Much of Malorys life history is obscure, but he identified himself as a "knight prisoner", apparently reflecting that he was either a… Shares: Malory, English Romances, Romances, Arthurian romances

The book of romance Andrew Lang · 1902 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Challenging From the Andrew Lang prismatic series, this is the "Book of Romance", a most attractive selection of what the editor calls "fairy-tales grown up," the Round Table romances and similar stories, with colored pictures and line pictures by H. J . Ford-making a book for the reside dreaming of romantic curly-heads, who will be unaware that they are learning the lore of their race… Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances, English literature

Three early English metrical romances Robson, John · 1842 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares: Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

Brut Layamon · 1847 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Challenging With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We… Shares: English Romances, Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

A guide to the Middle English metrical romances Anna Hunt Billings · 1901 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Make diversity your competitive advantage To reap the full benefits of diversity and inclusion, today's forward thinking companies look past "diversity" training towards a more comprehensive, holistic business approach. These leaders incorporate diversity and inclusion into every aspect of business culture, employee engagement, talent management and market penetration.Trailblazers reveals the… Shares: English Romances, Romances, Arthurian romances, English literature

Arthurian Chronicles Wace · 2006 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate This work from the early 20th century contains translated editions of two early Arthurian tales by the authors Wace and Layamon. Shares: Arthur, Arthurian romances

English literature at the close of the Middle Ages E. K. Chambers · 1945 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "The Greatest Books of All Time" is a selection of the most celebrated books in history, including complete novels. Unlike other rankings, this collection is based on a consensus of readers and critics, ensuring an unbiased list of the very best literature ever written. From captivating love stories to epic adventures, these timeless novels have enchanted audiences for generations. Whether you're… Shares: English Romances, Romances, Arthurian romances, English literature

Méliador Jean Froissart · 1895 Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

Parzival and Titurel Wolfram von Eschenbach · 1849 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Challenging A translation into English by A. S. Kline Illustrated with works from The Flower Book by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833 – 1898). ‘Parzival’ is dated, from internal and circumstantial evidence, to the first decade of the 13th century. The work is written in the East Franconian dialect of Middle High German. Its author Wolfram von Eschenbach was a contemporary of Gottfried von Strassburg,… Shares: Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory · 1557 · ★ 3.9 · 518p · ≈ 17h · Demanding Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, ungrammatical Middle French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table—along with their respective folklore. In order to tell a "complete" story of Arthur from his conception to his… Shares: English Romances, Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

Chevalier de la charrette Chrétien de Troyes · 1962 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate À la cour du roi Arthur, alors que la fête bat son plein, Méléagant le maudit, sème encore une fois la peur et la désolation : la reine Guenièvre est enlevée.Sera-t-elle condamnée à passer le reste de ses jours au « pays dont on ne revient jamais », comme tant d'autres sujets de Logres, enlevés avant elle ?C'est compter sans le courage de Lancelot qui se lance dans une quête éperdue.… Shares: Romans de la Table ronde, Romances, Arthurian romances

Layamons Brut, or Chronicle of Britain Layamon · 1847 · 676p · ≈ 22h · Demanding It is a history book. Roman de Brut or Brut is a verse literary history of Britain by the poet Wace. Written in the Norman language, it consists of 14, 866 lines. It is based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, and was probably begun around 1150 and finished in 1155. It was intended for a Norman audience interested in the legends and history of the new territories of the… Shares: English Romances, Romances, Arthurian romances

Malory Christina Hardyment · 2005 · ★ 3.9 · 634p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur (1469) is one of the most renown books in the world. Virtually all modern versions of the Arthurian legends are derived from its energetic, memorably phrased and remarkably individual telling of the stirring exploits of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Yet the identity of the fifteenth-century knight who wrote it has remained an enigma for… Shares: Malory, Arthurian romances

Grail (Pendragon Cycle #5) Stephen R. Lawhead · 1995 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A great king faces the ultimate challenge: a dangerous quest through realms of magic and the undead toward a confrontation with his destiny. Drought, plague, and war have left the Isle of the Mighty battered and its heart, the beloved Arthur, grievously injured—until a secret relic is brought before the dying King; a Holy Grail that heals his wounds and restores his vigor. But soon evil enters… Shares: Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

The development of Arthurian romance Roger Sherman Loomis · 1963 · ★ 3.0 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Stimulating and masterly study examines the evolution of the great mass of fiction surrounding the Arthurian legend in Western literature — from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain and the collection of Welsh tales known as The Mabinogion, to Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian stories, the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and such English masterpieces as Sir Gawain and the Green… Shares: Romans de la Table ronde, Romances, Arthurian romances

Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair William Morris · 1895 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature.L. Sprague de Camp, Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy, Arkham House, 1976, p. 40 It was first published in hardcover by… Shares: Romances, British and irish fiction

Brut Layamon · 1924 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "This version of Brut is a rendering into modern English, in verse format, of the Middle English story of Britain, from its founding by the legendary Brutus, a supposed descendant of the Trojans, to the final loss of land and prestige when the Saxons took over Britain. Lawman, a priest in the Welsh Marches in the diocese of Worcester, was translating from the twelfth-century French octosyllabic… Shares: English Romances, Romances, Arthurian romances

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