Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: The Definitive Original Text Edition
P .J. C. Field
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Description for Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: The Definitive Original Text Edition
Paperback. Peter Field's new editon of the Morte Darthur has been hailed as 'our standard critical edition of Malory'. The paperback makes the complete definitive original spelling text edition available, with the same pagination as the two-volume hardback edition. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 666.
Selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2014, the two-volume scholarly edition of the Morte Darthur examined the two surviving versions of the text: Caxton's edition of 1485 and the Winchester manuscript, known to have existed around 1480 but lost until 1934. All major modern scholarly editions have favoured one of these to the point of preserving corrigible error. This paperback includes the definitive original spelling text edition of Malory's classic text which has been described as a major event in the long history of Malory scholarship . Anyone wishing to have this text along with the full ... Read more
Selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2014, the two-volume scholarly edition of the Morte Darthur examined the two surviving versions of the text: Caxton's edition of 1485 and the Winchester manuscript, known to have existed around 1480 but lost until 1934. All major modern scholarly editions have favoured one of these to the point of preserving corrigible error. This paperback includes the definitive original spelling text edition of Malory's classic text which has been described as a major event in the long history of Malory scholarship . Anyone wishing to have this text along with the full ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1114
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843844600
SKU
V9781843844600
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Reviews for Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: The Definitive Original Text Edition
Reviews of the two volume edition: 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 ... Read more