Doré's Illustrations for "Idylls of the King"
Doré's Illustrations for

Author: Gustave Doré

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1995-06-23

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 0486284654

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36 splendid illustrations, accompanied by quotes from Tennyson's poem, dramatically recapture the love story of Lancelot and Guinevere, the tale of the fair Elaine, and more.

The Fall of Camelot
The Fall of Camelot

Author: John D. Rosenberg

Publisher: Belknap Press

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780674422933

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Far from being an escapist medieval charade, Rosenberg shows, the "Idylls" offers an apocalyptic prevision of the nightmare of modern history. Concealed under the exquisitely romantic surface of the verse is a world of obsessive sensuality and collapsing values that culminates in the "last dim weird battle the West." Perhaps the subtlest anatomy of the failure of ideality in our literature, the "Idylls" is not only about hazards of mistaking illusion for reality; it dramatically enacts those dangers, ensnaring the reader in the same delusions that maim and destroy the characters.