Malory's Magic Book by Elly Mccausland

Malory's Magic Book by Elly Mccausland

An examination of the numerous adaptations of Malory's Morte Darthur for children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A valuable addition to the study of the reception of Malory and of his place in the development of children's lit as a field, but could also be read by anyone interested in the formation of English literary canons* ANGLIA *
McCausland (British and American literature, Univ. of Oslo, Norway) provides a thoughtful exploration of various adaptations of Malory's 15th-century Mort D'Arthur into children's editions, ranging from James Knowles's 1862 The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights to John Steinbeck's 1976 adaption The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. * CHOICE *
[R]epresents an excellent piece of scholarship and should serve as an important piece of research within Arthuriana. * CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY *

Dr McCausland is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Oslo, having beeen a Postdoctoral Fellow at Aarhus University, graduating from Merton College, Oxford with a PhD from the University of York

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ISBN 13	9781843845195
ISBN 10	1843845199
Title	Malory's Magic Book
Author	Elly Mccausland
Series	Arthurian Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	D.S.Brewer
Year published	2019-02-15
Number of pages	251
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