Idylls of the King - In Twelve Books (Hardcover)

from keylawk

Tennyson, unhappy in school, early recognized a beauty and significance in epic poetry, reciting Pope's Homer's 'Iliad' at the age of nine, improvising a la Walter Scott by ten, and composing his own epic by the age of twelve, largely in his father's excellent library.[8] The Arthurian romances m...

from whitewavedarling

This is some of the most beautiful Arthurian Lit. I know of. If you enjoy reading of Arthur or the knights, it's a must read, and one that you can read in stages. It isn't light reading at most points, particularly for someone not fully accustomed to reading long poems, but it is well worth the w...

from lapomelzi

I listened to the BBC3 audio production of this book and it was AMAZING. Only 4 stars, because of the inane catholic moralizing of Arthur at the very end. Everything else was just amazing.

from DinadansFriend

A major Victorian Poet tries to deal with some of the aspects of the Arthurian Corpus by poeticising them. There are good lines, but no great sympathy for the material as a whole. Arthur and his ideas are too totalitarian for the minds of Alfred's audience, and perhaps of Alfred himself. I think ...