{"product_id":"arthurian-poets-john-masefield-9780851153636","title":"Arthurian Poets: John Masefield","description":"\u003cb\u003eCollected edition of Masefield's Arthurian poetry including previously unpublished material. Introduction by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of the nineteenth century, a homeless runaway teenager in New York found a job in a bar and discovered Malory. So began the lifelong interest of the future Poet Laureate, John Masefield (1878-1967), in the story of KingArthur. After becoming a popular, successful narrative poet and playwright, Masefield turned to the Arthurian material in earnest, producing the verse drama \u003ci\u003eTristan and Isolt\u003c\/i\u003e in 1927 and \u003ci\u003eMidsummer Night\u003c\/i\u003e a year laterwith its Arthurian cycle.\u003cbr\u003e    All29 of Masefield's previously published Arthurian poems from the \u003ci\u003eBallad of Sir Bors\u003c\/i\u003e (1903) to \u003ci\u003eCaer Ocvran\u003c\/i\u003e (1966) are collected here in addition to the full-length tragi-comedy \u003ci\u003eWhen Good King Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e. Also included are nine poems never before published which, together with prose notes, reveal Masefield undertaking an ambitious retelling of the Arthurian myth.","brand":"David Llewellyn Dodds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280222564603,"sku":"9780851153636","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780851153636_9e817b4d-effc-42b1-9105-12d348c4175b.jpg?v=1772483105","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/arthurian-poets-john-masefield-9780851153636","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}