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An examination of the numerous adaptations of Malory's Morte Darthur for children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Arthurian romances --- Adaptations. --- History and criticism. --- Malory, Thomas, --- Mėlori, Tomas, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Morte d'Arthur (Malory, Thomas, Sir) --- Birth, life, and acts of King Arthur (Malory, Thomas, Sir) --- Caxton's Malory (Malory, Thomas, Sir) --- Sir Thomas Malory's Le morte d'Arthur (Malory, Thomas, Sir) --- Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur (Malory, Thomas, Sir) --- Arthurian Legend. --- British and American Literature. --- Child Psychology. --- Juvenile Audience. --- King Arthur. --- Malory's Morte Darthur. --- University of Oslo. --- Victorian Medievalism.

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Unique in combining a comprehensive and comparative study of genre with a study of romance, this book constitutes a significant contribution to ongoing critical debates over the definition of romance and the genre and artistry of Malory's Morte Darthur. K.S. Whetter offers an original approach to these issues by prefacing a comprehensive study of romance with a wide-ranging and historically diverse study of genre and genre theory. In doing so Whetter addresses the questions of why and how romance might usefully be defined and how such an awareness of genre-and the expectations that come with such awareness-impact upon both our understanding of the texts themselves and of how they may have been received by their contemporary medieval audiences. As an integral part the study Whetter offers a detailed examination of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, a text usually considered a straightforward romance but which Whetter argues should be re-classified and reconsidered as a generic mixture best termed tragic-romance. This new classification is important in helping to explain a number of so-called inconsistencies or puzzles in Malory's text and further elucidates Malory's artistry. Whetter offers a powerful meditation upon genre, romance and the Morte which will be of interest to faculty, graduate students and undergraduates alike.

Malory, Thomas --- Romances, English --- English literature --- Literary form --- Arthurian romances --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Gattungstheorie. --- Romance. --- Artursagan. --- Narratologi --- Arthurian romances. --- Literary form. --- Narration (Rhetoric). --- Romances, English. --- History and criticism. --- History --- historia --- Middle English. --- Malory, Thomas, --- Malory, Thomas. --- Le morte Darthur. --- Morte d'Arthur (Malory, Thomas, Sir). --- To 1500. --- Mittelenglisch.

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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

Rhetoric, Medieval. --- Arthurian romances --- Arthur, King --- Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century. Morte d'Arthur. --- LITERARY CRITICISM --- Arthurian romances. --- Literature. --- History and criticism. --- In literature. --- European --- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. --- Arthur, --- Malory, Thomas, --- Malory --- Morte d'Arthur (Malory, Thomas, Sir). --- Rhetoric, medieval. --- Arthur, king --- Malory, thomas, sir, active 15th century. morte d'arthur. --- Literary criticism --- English, irish, scottish, welsh. --- Arturus, --- Artur, --- Arturo, --- Artus, --- Artù, --- Artús, --- Артур, --- Arzhur, --- Artuš, --- Αρθούρος, --- Arthouros, --- Arthur Pendragon --- Pendragon, Arthur --- Adha, --- 아서, --- 아서 왕 --- Asŏ, --- Asŏ Wang --- ארתור, --- Arthur Gernow --- Arthurus, --- Arturius, --- Arturs, --- Artūras, --- Artúr, --- アーサー, --- アーサー王 --- Āsā-ō --- Āsā, --- Èrthu, --- Arthwys,