jcp.jhu@UDel-Relay@sri-unix.UUCP (07/16/83)
From: J.C. Patilla <jcp.jhu@UDel-Relay> I have four books on the shelf which may be of interest. The first (the only hardback book) is 'The Arthurian Legend, An Illustrated Anthology', selected by Richard Barber, pub. by Littlefield, Adams & Co. This is an absolutely *gorgeous* book as far as printing quality, paper, illustrations etc, go., and it contains extracts from all the major treatments of the legend, through the Victorian revival (Rosetti, Swinburne etc) and up to the 20th century with T.H. White. I got my copy through the History Book Club. Of the other three, thwo are Penguin paperbacks - 'The Mabinogion', which is a collection of very loosely related Welsh tales, some but not all of which include Arthur or members of his court; and 'The Quest of the Holy Grail' which comes from the Old French (I think) and was taken from a vast compilation know as the Prose Lancelot. The last book is 'Arthurian Romances', a collection of chansons de geste by Chretien de Troyes, pub. by Dent in London and Dutton in New York. There are four chansons included, one of which is directly about Lancelot and the others about the court life and Gawain. j.c.patilla