Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur: A New Modern English
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Malory, Thomas / Armstrong, Dorsey, PUBLISHER: Parlor Press, Dorsey Armstrong provides a new, Modern ong>Englishong> trong>anong>slation of the MORTE DARTHUR that portrays the holistic ong>anong>d comprehensive unity of the text as a whole, as suggested by the structure of Caxong>toong>n's print, but that is based primarily on the Winchester Mong>anong>uscript, which offers the most complete ong>anong>d accurate version of Malory's narrative. This trong>anong>slation makes one of the most compelling ong>anong>d importong>anong>t texts in the Arthuriong>anong> tradition easily accessible ong>toong> everyone-from high school students ong>toong> Arthuriong>anong> scholars. In addition ong>toong> the complete text, Armstrong includes ong>anong> introduction that discusses Malory's sources ong>anong>d the long-running debate surrounding the mong>anong>uscript ong>anong>d print versions of the narrative. For ease of use, the text is keyed ong>toong> both William Caxong>toong>n's print version ong>anong>d the mong>anong>uscript version edited by Eugne Vinaver. A detailed ong>indexong> is also included. Dorsey Armstrong is Associate Professor of ong>Englishong> ong>anong>d Medieval ong>Literatureong> at Purdue University. Her research interests include medieval women writers, late medieval print culture, ong>anong>d the Arthuriong>anong> legend, on which she has published extensively. Her book GENDER ong>ANong>D THE CHIVALRIC COMMUNITY IN SIR THOMAS MALORY'S MORTE D'ARTHUR was published by University Press of Florida in . Her 36-part lecture series on "The Medieval World" will be available from The Teaching Compong>anong>y in late . Currently, she is Ediong>toong>r-in-Chief of the academic journal ARTHURIong>ANong>A, which publishes the most cutting-edge research on the legend of King Arthur from its medieval origins ong>toong> its enactments in the present moment.