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Arthurian Poets: John Masefield

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#349081-VE39
Titel	Arthurian Poets: John Masefield
Auteur	Dodds, David Llewellyn (editor)
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij	The Boydell Press
Jaar van uitgave	1994
ISBN10	0859914089
ISBN13	9780859914086
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original brown cloth, gilt lettered spine, 8vo. Arthurian Studies XXXII.
Samenvatting	At the end of the nineteenth century, a homeless runaway teenager in New York found a job in a bar and discovered Malory. So began the lifelong interest of the future Poet Laureate, John Masefield (1878-1967), in the story of KingArthur. After becoming a popular, successful narrative poet and playwright, Masefield turned to the Arthurian material in earnest, producing the verse drama Tristan and Isolt in 1927 and Midsummer Night a year laterwith its Arthurian cycle. All29 of Masefield's previously published Arthurian poems from the Ballad of Sir Bors (1903) to Caer Ocvran (1966) are collected here in addition to the full-length tragi-comedy When Good King Arthur. Also included are nine poems never before published which, together with prose notes, reveal Masefield undertaking an ambitious ... (Lees verder)retelling of the Arthurian myth. DAVID LLEWELYN DODDS is also editor of Arthurian Poets: Charles Williams.
Pagina's	398
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 30,00

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