Research Catalog

Title

Malory / by Eugène Vinaver.

Author

Vinaver, Eugène, 1899-

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1929.

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Description

208 p., [5] p. of plates : ill., front., plates, facsim.; 23 cm.

Uniform Title

Grail. Legend.

Subject

• Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century
• Arthurian romances > History and criticism
• Arthurian romances > Authorship

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Appendices: I. Materials for Malory's biography. II. The sources of the Morte Darthur. III. Malory's version of the "Quest of the Holy Grail" [a complete collation of Book XV with the French text in ff. 540r col. 2-545r col. 2 of Ms. Bibl. nat. fr. 120 (Ms. O)].
• The author identifies Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel, who died March 14, 1471, as the author of the Morte d'Arthur.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-198) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Sir Thomas Malory and his printer -- The genesis of Arthurian romance -- Narrative technique -- Romance and realism -- The genius of chivalry -- Camelot and Corbenic -- The new Arthuriad -- Translation and style -- Appendix I. Materials for Malory's biography -- Appendix II. The sources of the Morte Darthur -- Appendix III. Malory's version of the "Quest of the Holy Grail" [a complete collation of Book XV with the French text in ff. 540r col. 2-545r col. 2 of Ms. Bibl. nat. fr. 120 (Ms. O)].

LCCN

^^^30007226^

OCLC

• 1106989
• SCSB-12897628

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library