A01=R. M. Lumiansky
Author_R. M. Lumiansky
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English poem
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French prose
French romances
French source
grail quest
King Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Middle English poem
Morte Artu
round table society
Sir Launcelot
Sir Thomas Malory
Stanzaic Morte Arthur
Suite du Merlin
Product details
- ISBN 9781421433103
- Weight: 431g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jan 2020
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Robert M. Lumiansky was a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University. He specialized in medieval English.
