This is a wonderful edition, the product of a lifetime's work, and presented with great clarity and precision. Field's editorial decisions are intelligent and convincing, and he has in any case supplied readers with all the material required should they wish to differ.
SPECULUM
Will become our standard critical edition of Malory.
FABULA
[A] magisterial critical ... Read moreedition. . There is no doubt that this edition of Le Morte Darthur will now become the standard and indispensable one for the foreseeable years of the twenty-first century. It stands as testimony to the near-lifetime scholarly commitment of Peter Field.
REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES
Selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2014
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Throws down the gauntlet to editions based solely on Caxton's version. Essential.
CHOICE
The result of decades of study of Malory and his work, P.J.C. Field's edition of Le Morte Darthur is clearly one of the major events in the long history of Malory scholarship. The edition he has produced is an invaluable contribution to Malory scholarship and will surely become the standard edition of Malory's masterpiece.
ARTHURIANA
P. J. C. Field's long-awaited edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur is, as might be expected from a work that has on its back cover a statement of its editorial philosophy, a monument of textual scholarship intended for scholars who can appreciate the importance of textual detail. . . . I expect this to become the standard edition for citing Malory.
THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW
Every serious scholar of Malory and of Arthurian literature will need to consult this work, which will surely be the standard edition for decades to come.
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
The two volumes produced by Field constitute a paramount contribution to Arthurian studies, providing a well-thought synthesis of available knowledge on Malory's original text and sources reflecting almost eighty years of scholarship.
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