Le Morte D'Arthur The Winchester Manuscript

The definitive English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, 'knight-prisoner'. In a resonant prose style, Malory charts the tragic disintegration of the fellowship of the Round Table, destroyed from within by warring factions.Recounting the life of King Arthur, the knightly exploits of Sir Lancelot du Lake, Sir Tristram, Sir Gawain, and the quest for the Holy Grail, Le Morte Darthur depicts the contradictions that underscore the Fellowship's chivalric ideals. A pervading tension cumulates in the revelation of Lancelotand Guenivere's illicit passion, and in Arthur's powerlessness to prevent a related outbreak of violence and revenge. This generously annotated edition is based on the authoritative Winchester manuscript and represents what Malory wrote more closely than the first version printed by William Caxton. Intelligently abridged from the original to make a single substantial volume, the translation is supplemented by afine Introduction, a Glossary, and extensive Notes

Introduction

vii

(16)

Note on the Text

xxiii

(4)

Select Bibliography

xxvii

(4)

Chronology of Arthurian Material to 1500

xxxi

(1)

Glossary of Recurrent Words

xxxii

LE MORTE DARTHUR

FROM THE MARRIAGE OF KING UTHER UNTO KING ARTHUR How Uther Pendragon begot the Noble Conqueror King Arthur

3

(79)

The Tale of Balin and Balan

33

(17)

The Wedding of King Arthur

50

(8)

Of Nenive and Morgan le Fay

58

(24)

THE NOBLE TALE BETWIXT KING ARTHUR AND LUCIUS THE EMPEROR OF ROME

82

(13)

A NOBLE TALE OF SIR LANCELOT DU LAKE

95

(25)

THE TALE OF SIR GARETH OF ORKNEY

120

(49)

THE BOOK OF SIR TRISTRAM DE LYONESSE

169

(141)

Of Sir Galahad, Sir Lancelot's son

281

(12)

Of Sir Lancelot

293

(11)

Of Sir Tristram and of Sir Palomides

304

(6)

THE NOBLE TALE OF THE SANGRAIL

310

(93)

Of Sir Galahad

321

(6)

Of Sir Gawain

327

(2)

Of Sir Lancelot

329

(6)

Of Sir Percival de Gales

335

(11)

Of Sir Lancelot

346

(5)

Of Sir Gawain and Sir Ector

351

(6)

Of Sir Bors de Ganis

357

(16)

Of Sir Galahad

373

(15)

Of Sir Lancelot

388

(7)

Of Sir Galahad

395

(8)

THE TALE OF SIR LANCELOT AND QUEEN GUENIVERE

403

(65)

THE DEATH OF ARTHUR

468

(60)

APPENDIX Caxton's Preface

528

(3)

Explanatory Notes

531

(36)

Index of Characters

567

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