"[Malory's] life has been as variously reported as that of any Arthurian knight....This book gives the most comprehensive consideration of the competing arguments yet undertaken. It is a fascinating piece of detective work followed by a full account of the life of the man identified as Malory. Close consideration of individual documents, many of which were entirely unknown in 1966, when the last book on Malory's life appeared, makes possible a fuller and more convincing story than has ever been told before." —The Publisher.
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Norton Critical Editions are usually the best editions to get, and this Morte Darthur does not disappoint. The text is unabridged with original spelling and extensive, easy-to-use glosses and footnotes. The text is based on the Winchester manuscript and this edition incorporates all the important elements: paragraphing, marginal annotations, narrative divisions, initial capitals and even font changes. Proper names are printed in black letter, and the whole presentation gives an exiting, Medieval feel. This volume also presents fine support for the study of the Morte, such as contextual materials and critical essays. If you're only going to purchase one version, this is the one to get.
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A companion to the text, this work gives valuable background information to a student or a new reader of Malory. After a general outline of the work, key themes are discussed, as well as Malory's sources, his own contributions, and the book's historical context.
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"[E]xamines how Malory presents chivalry as a dynamic code shaped by communities large and small for their own purposes, from the national effort of England to free itself of the Roman legacy to Trystram's energy as a champion of Cornwall, to women's efforts to include themselves in the chivalric world." —The Publisher.
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"[E]xplores how Malory’s Morte Darthur responds to available literary vernacular Arthurian traditions—the French defined as theoretical in impulse, the English as performative and experimental. Negotiating these influences, Malory transforms constructions of masculine heroism, especially in the presentation of Launcelot, and exposes the tensions and disillusions of the Arthurian project." —The Publisher.
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"[A] range of new ideas and approaches in Malory studies, looking again at several of the most debated critical points. A number of articles focus closely on the implications of the production of the text, ranging from the repercussions of the working habits of the Winchester scribes, as well as of Malory's printers and editors, to a reassessment of Caxton's Preface. There are also nuanced readings of geography and politics in the Morte Darthur and its fifteenth-century contexts, and analyses of text and context in relation to the role of women, character and theme in the Morte, including the important questions of worshyp and mesure, as well as the issues of coherence and genre." —The Publisher.
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Detailed critical study of the Morte DArthur by the leading scholars of the day, the book is divided into eight themed chapters. A wonderful work, which has stood the test of time.