Le Morte Darthur: The Seventh and Eighth Tales (Hackett Classics)

By Thomas Malory and Sir Thomas Malory

Book Overview

P. J. C. Field, the world's preeminent Malory specialist, has wisely chosen to offer here Malory's seventh and eighth tales, recounting the decline and end of Camelot. The authoritative text is accompanied by indispensable notes and preceded by a remarkably thorough and learned--but never obscure--Introduction sufficient to prepare students and other readers to profit fully from the texts. This book is ideal for those coming to Malory for the first time and a distinct pleasure for those who already know him well. --Norris J. Lacy, E. E. Sparks Professor of French and Medieval Studies, Penn State University

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872209466
• ISBN13: 9780872209466
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

A tiny excerpt from a gigantic work

This edition is only two chapters of a thousand page work. Nowhere is this stated in any information I found for this edition. Thus this book is absolutely useless for anyone who wants to read this important text (until recently central to the English literature canon). It is pretty astounding that the publisher does not identify the contents on the cover, let alone in the online descriptions. I am also disappointed that there is some blue pen underlining though the copy I bought was listed as 'Like New', not that it matters given the truncated nature of the book itself.