Thomas Malory's "Le Morte D'Arthur" Volume 2

Richard Reid: Read review on vol 1... well worth it...

Canada on Sep 23, 2023

C. L.: The ISBN for this paperback is 978-1532827563. However, I searched for 9780140430448, which was required for my kid's class. I ordered this book that resulted from that search--wrong book. If you're looking for the same title, with Malory, EDITED BY GARDNER, that's what this listing is.

It is entirely different from 9780140430448, which is NOT edited by Gardner.

United States on Aug 25, 2022

Eric F.: Everything arrived on time and as advertised

United States on Nov 22, 2021

Brooklyn Kid: The gathering of Arthurian legends in one place. Seminal work for understanding Medieval European society. “Knightly” behavior and “courtly love” are all here.

United States on Sep 06, 2021

Avery Gordon: This is, of course, Volume 2, so one assumes you've read Volume 1. It is a very long slog, but very, very worth it in illuminating early Arthurian legend and early forms of the English language. I personally love it, and appreciate the challenge that occasionally occurs in deciphering early English forms to modern English. It pays off!

United States on Sep 05, 2018

Monica de Castro: Como fonte histórica, é imprescindível. Não é o primeiro livro a narrar as aventuras do rei Artur e os cavaleiros da távola redonda, mas é a primeira obra em inglês e tem servido de base para muitos livros e filmes sobre o tema.
O inglês arcaico dificulta muitíssimo a compreensão do texto, e só com muita persistência é que dá para ler até o fim. Um bom dicionário integrado ao Kindle é fundamental, embora haja palavras cuja tradução só consegui na internet.
Nesse segundo volume, o que, às vezes, torna a narrativa um pouco cansativa e inverossímil é o exagero na cristianização dos personagens. E isso porque, apesar de escrito em 1469 e publicado em 1485, o livro remonta ao século V, época em que o cristianismo ainda não predominava na Inglaterra, mas sim a religião celta. O que se pressupõe, portanto, é que Malory foi tendencioso nessa questão.
O mesmo se diga da cavalaria que, no século V, ainda não tinha os contornos que Malory lhe confere.
Exageros à parte, é uma história muito bonita e rica em romantismo, coragem e fantasia, que impressiona e merece ser conhecida.

Brazil on Dec 30, 2017

Yvette Forcier: Great !

Canada on Mar 03, 2017

Karen: I found volumn 1 quite difficult to get into, it had a lot of the fancible in it, usually with knights bumping into strange women who cast spells on them.
I am enjoying volumn 2 a lot more and look forward to reading the next chapter. There's more of a story to it and I want to find out what's going to happen next.

United Kingdom on Nov 16, 2015

Andy: It's a pretty interesting story, but really sad. I haven't read a lot of Arthurian books, Le Mort D'Arthur was the first. You come to hate and love Lancelot so much for his hypocrisy and his repentance. A very interesting book. It's funny how most of this book is not about Arthur at all. He's claimed to be this noble knight and king, but most of the story is of his knights, some of which are much better fighters and have more worship than him.

United States on Feb 20, 2015

Roman Clodia: Review for the Penguin edition (ed.) Lawlor & Cowen, vols 1 & 2

Amazon have rather irritatingly conflated the reviews for the various editions of Malory's Morte D'Arthur regardless of whether they are abridged or in full. This review is for the two-volume Penguin edition which is the complete text.

We don't really know who 'Malory' was, but this is a wonderful English compilation of the myths and legends surrounding Arthur, Camelot and the knights of the Round Table, drawn primarily from the French (Breton and Celtic). Volume 1 feels slightly fragmented as it jumps around between the knights and inserts the Lady of the Lake and her maidens such as Nimue with no explanation. So you certainly shouldn't approach this expecting something like a novel with backstory and extensive exposition: here we're thrust into a chivalric world replete with magic and just need to accept the values of that world.

Volume 2 is perhaps more integrated as it tightens the focus especially on knights such as Lancelot, Galahad and Gawain. It is here that we get the quest for the Holy Grail (Sangreal) and a tight focus on Galahad. We also have the sexual triangle between Arthur,...

United Kingdom on Sep 15, 2012