Malory's Magic Book: King Arthur and the Child, 1862-1980
Elly McCausland, "Malory's Magic Book: King Arthur and the Child, 1862-1980 "
English | ISBN: 1843845199 | 2019 | 251 pages | PDF | 19 MB
English | ISBN: 1843845199 | 2019 | 251 pages | PDF | 19 MB
From the time when the writer J.T. Knowles first adapted Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur for a juvenile audience in 1862, there has been a strong connection between children and the Arthurian legend. Between 1862 and 1980, numerous adaptations of the Morte were produced for a young audience in Britain and America. They participated in cultural dialogues relating to the medieval, literary heritage, masculine development, risk, adventure and mental health through their reworking of the narrative.
Covering texts by J.T. Knowles, Sidney Lanier, Howard Pyle, T.H. White, Roger Lancelyn Green, Alice Hadfield, John Steinbeck and Susan Cooper, among others, this volume explores how books