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T.H. White's The Once and Future King (Hardcover, Revised Ed.)
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T.H. White's The Once and Future King (Hardcover, Revised Ed.)
Series: Arthurian Studies
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A critical study of T.H. White's classic Arthurian tetralogy. The
Once and Future King defies classification. Is it for children, or
for adults? Is it fantasy or a psychological novel? In its great
range, it encompasses poetry and farce, comedy and tragedy -and
sudden flights of schoolboy humour. White's `footnote to Malory'
(his own phrase) resulted in the last major retelling of the story
based on Malory's Morte Darthur, and Elisabeth Brewer explores the
literary context of White's finest work as wellas considering his
aims and achievement in writing it. White's story of Arthur begins
with his `enfances', set in an imaginary medieval England, but it
is far removed from the conventional historical novel. White was
writing in wartime England, a country increasingly absorbed by a
need to find an antidote to war. Through the medium of the
Arthurian story he found his own voice, his unique contribution to
keeping alive the flame of civilisation. Malory's chivalric virtues
are rejected in favour of White's own twentieth-century values; the
love affair of Lancelot and Guenever is interpreted in terms of
modern psychology. The books which eventually made up The Once and
Future Kingof 1958 appeared in distinctly different editions. In
discussing these,Elisabeth Brewer looks at some of the ways in
which White drew on his own personal experience at a deep
psychological level, while also incorporating into his story
material inspired by his antiquarian pursuits and by his years as a
schoolmaster. She completes her study with an account of White's
use of historical material, and the relationship of The Once and
Future King to the Morte Darthur. ELISABETH BREWER lectured in
English at Homerton College, Cambridge. She is the author of books
and articles on Chaucer and the Arthurian legends.
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