Stories of King Arthur and His Knights

Stories of King Arthur and His Knights - Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"

"We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek. We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere." Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deedsof joust and tourney and knightly adventure. To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any. But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes. We now, in the times of the seventh King Edward, still find them far more worth our while than many modern stories. For us they have a special interest, because of home setting and Christian basis, and they may well share in our attention with the legends of Greece and Rome. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 22053
Author: Cutler, U. Waldo (Uriel Waldo)
Release Date: Jul 12, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Malory, Thomas, Sir, -1471