Morte d’ Arthur:
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Morte d’ Arthur:
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It is a compilation of the French Arthurian romances to create a prose romance
of great length and details, without any unity.
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It is a vast work consisting of 21 books.
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In spite of the diversity of the legends the central theme is divided into two
sections.
a)
First section
deals with the reign of king Arthur, his triumph, the unfaithfulness of his
queen Guenever,her passion for Launcelot,Launcelot’s punishment and Arthur’s
death.
b)
The second
section deals with quest of Holy Grail by Launcelot, but he fails because of
his guilty and finally Sir Galahad finds it in a vision. The book end with a
religious note. Guenever becomes a nun and Launcelot a hermit.
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“It is a skillful blend of dialogue and narrative and is full of colour and
life while the style has a transparent clarity and a poetic sensibility which
make Malory our first great individual prose stylist”-(Albert)
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