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The Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier (1880) Tristram of Lyonesse by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1882) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (1889) Bulfinch, Thomas Age of Chivalry; or, Legends of King Arthur Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1872.
Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1938) [1] was a professor of Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley.He is best known for translating a number of Sanskrit works into English, including the Panchatantra and the Bhagavad Gita.
First Named in "King Arthur Meets Lady Guinevere" Howard Pyle One of Three Sons of King Pellinore, one of the original 32 Knights of the Round Table Ector† Hector, Antor, Ectorius Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century The Once and Future King, Le Morte d'Arthur: Raises Arthur according to Merlin's command, father to Sir Kay: Edern ap Nudd
King Arthur: Or, Launcelot the Loose, Gin-Ever the Square, and the Knights of the Round Table, and Other Furniture. A Burlesque Extravaganza by W. M. Akhurst, with editing by Rosemary Paprock (1868) [13] The New King Arthur: An Opera Without Music by Edgar Fawcett (1885) [14] The Marriage of Guinevere: A Tragedy by Richard Hovey (1891) [15]
Malory based his book—originally titled The Whole Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table—on the various previous romance versions, in particular the Vulgate Cycle, and appears to have aimed at creating a comprehensive and authoritative collection of Arthurian stories. [113]
The tales continue to inspire new fiction, dramatic retellings, [14] visual artwork, music and research, [15] from early reinterpretations by Evangeline Walton in 1936, to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion, to the 1975 song "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac, to the 2009–2014 series of books commissioned by Welsh independent publisher Seren Books.
Steinbeck had long been a lover of the Arthurian legends. The introduction to his translation contains an anecdote about his reading them as a young boy. [2]: xi His enthusiasm for Arthur is apparent in the work. The book was left unfinished at his death, and ends with the death of chivalry in Arthur's purest knight, Lancelot of the Lake. [2 ...
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a 1903 children's novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle.The book contains a compilation of various stories, adapted by Pyle, regarding the legendary King Arthur of Britain and select Knights of the Round Table.