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Excalibur (1981) R. Forged by a god. Foretold by a wizard. Found by a king. A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
12 mag 2024 · In this video, we'll look at the evolving ideals of heroism in the epic Beowulf and the Arthurian tale Le Morte d'Arthur, examining how the perception of heroes shifted from the heroic...
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6 giorni fa · Excalibur is arguably the best adaptation of Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory. The film tells the story of Arthur, borne from a magical union between Uther Pendragon and Igrayne. Merlin later helps Arthur create Camelot, but a betrayal brought by Sir Lancelot and Guinevere dooms the land.
5 giorni fa · In the Mort Artu (and Le Morte d'Arthur), when Lancelot is caught in his affair with Guinevere, Hector stands by his half-brother and leaves court with him. He becomes one of the top leaders of Lancelot's faction, participating in the battle to rescue the queen at her would-be execution and the subsequent defence of Lancelot's castle Joyous Guard .
1 giorno fa · Chrétien de Troyes, a French poet, and Sir Thomas Malory, the author of “Le Morte d’Arthur,” further cemented Avalon’s legendary status in their respective retellings of the Arthurian tales. Each recounting adds a layer of intricacy and wonder to Avalon’s mythos, painting it as a timeless and utopian realm.
27 mag 2024 · Arthurian legend, the body of stories and medieval romances centering on the legendary king Arthur. Medieval writers, especially the French, variously treated stories of Arthur’s birth, the adventures of his knights, and the adulterous love between his knight Sir Lancelot and his queen, Guinevere.
5 giorni fa · Lewin's 'fastidious evocation of fin-de-siècle aestheticism' is superb. It has that certain je ne sais quoi.Oscar Wilde lived in Tite Street— and I’m thinking, from the top of my head: a fog-bound Cheyne Walk (Pont Street Dutch), blue and white china, Japanism, Morris & Co. stuffs, bodies fished from the river (The Thames Torso Mysteries of 1887-1889), the rattle of the hansom cab— the ...
