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The book of Kyng Arthur : the unity of Malory's Morte Darthur
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ISBN: 9780813163789 0813163781 9780813153605 0813153603 1322602697 Year: 1965 Publisher: [Lexington, Kentucky] : University Press of Kentucky,

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Beginning with a consideration of Malory's ingenious chronology, this study shows that Malory achieved thematic and structural unity by selecting from the great mass of Arthurian legend three narrative strands -- the intrigues of Lancelot and Guinevere, the Grail quest, and the feud between the houses of Lot and Pellinore -- using these to illustrate a single theme -- the rise, flowering, and downfall of an ideal civilization. This selection and use of diverse materials, Charles Moorman asserts, indicates clearly that Malory set to work with a preconceived plan and that he did achieve his purp

Malory's Grail quest : invention and adaptation in medieval prose roman
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ISBN: 0299092402 9780299092405 Year: 1983 Publisher: Madison (Wis.): University of Wisconsin press

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