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` ... the general introduction and introductions to the tales in the commentary, although sometimes controversial and outdated, are basically Vinaver's. This is appropriate for this monumental work of scholarship that bears his name. ... students of Malory will welcome having a more accurate version of Vinaver's edition in print and will be grateful to Field for an impressive contribution to scholarship.' Edward Donald Kennedy, Speculum - A Journal of Medieval Studies
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This single-volume edition of the complete works of Sir Thomas Malory retains his 15th-century English while providing an introduction, glossary, and fifty pages of explanatory notes on each romance.
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The best version of Le Mort D' Arthur ever!!!!,
This review is from: Complete Works (Paperback)
If you want the original Middle English version of Le Mort D' Arthur, this is it. It is the Winchester version. I bought this book while in England and it's the best version I have due to the original spellings. It's a challenge to read, but I enjoy it because it is more authentic. Since you don't have somebody "correcting" the text, you get to see what the original actually looks and reads like. I believe this is the only middle English version available. You won't be disappointed!
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The Original,
By Scott D. Thomson (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Complete Works (Paperback)
This is a marvelous work. You must teach yourself to read the 15th-century English, but once you have gotten the knack, it's not hard at all. Malory lived in a simpler time, and spoke a simpler language, than we do today. There is a vigor and energy to the prose that leaps off the page - I remember one knight threatening that he would "fetch [his enemy] out of the biggest castle that he had." This volume, which gathers Malory's work over many many years, also tells the story of a man learning how to be a writer, and also, I think, growing in his emotional understanding and inteterest in his own characters. The characters are so much more real and interesting at the end than at the beginning!
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The Only Way To Read Arthur,
By Philip Gordon "Levon Troutfish" (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Complete Works (Paperback)
For those of us who want to read the original tales of King Arthur and the Round Table, but can't speak French, this is the place to go. The 15th century English makes for slow going at first, but provides a more authentic tale than the Caxton version. Malory grows stylistically throughout the Works, and by the Morte D'Arthur he tells as engaging a tale as any in Arthurian literature. This is a must read!
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