The first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton "Morte d'Arthur," and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. "These stories are alive even in those of us who have not read them. And, in our day, we are perhaps impatient with the words and the stately rhythms of Malory. I wanted to set the stories down in meaning as they were written, leaving out nothing and adding nothing." Also included are the letters John Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the editor of this volume, about his work on "King Arthur,"
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345289552
ISBN-13
9780345289551
eBay Product ID (ePID)
122593636
Product Key Features
Book Title
Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
Author
John Steinbeck
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Topic
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fantasy / Historical