{"product_id":"th-whites-the-once-and-future-king-9780859913935","title":"T.H. White's The Once and Future King","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical study of T.H. White's classic Arthurian tetralogy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future King\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMorte Darthur\u003c\/i\u003e, and Elisabeth Brewer explores the literary context of White's finest work as wellas considering his aims and achievement in writing it.\u003cbr\u003e    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.\u003cbr\u003e    The books which eventually made up \u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future King\u003c\/i\u003eof 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future King\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eMorte Darthur\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eELISABETH BREWER\u003c\/i\u003e lectured in English at Homerton College, Cambridge. She is the author of books and articles on Chaucer and the Arthurian legends.","brand":"Elisabeth Brewer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280642322683,"sku":"9780859913935","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780859913935.jpg?v=1772483204","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/th-whites-the-once-and-future-king-9780859913935","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}