The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

John Steinbeck
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Steinbeck's first posthumously published work, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur. In this highly successful attempt to render Malory into Modern English, Steinbeck recreated the rhythm and tone of the original Middle English.
Genres: FictionFantasyClassicsArthurianHistorical FictionMythologyLiteratureMedievalHistoricalAmerican
384 Pages

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