{"product_id":"acts-of-king-arthur-and-his-noble-knights-from-the-winchester-manuscripts-of-thomas-malory-other-sources","title":"Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: From the Winchester Manuscripts of Thomas Malory \u0026 Other Sources","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eActs of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: From the Winchester Manuscripts of Thomas Malory \u0026amp; Other Sources\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Steinbeck\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374523787\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e364\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton \"Morte d'Arthur,\" and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. \"These stories are alive even in those of us who have not read them. And, in our day, we are perhaps impatient with the words and the stately rhythms of Malory. I wanted to set the stories down in meaning as they were written, leaving out nothing and adding nothing.\" \u003cbr\u003eAlso included are the letters John Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the editor of this volume, about his work on \"King Arthur.\" \u003cbr\u003e John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was the author of many books, including \"Of Mice and Men,\" \"Cannery Row,\" \"East of Eden,\" \"In Dubious Battle,\" and \"The Grapes of Wrath \"(which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1939). In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003cbr\u003e The first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton \"Morte d'Arthur,\" and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. As the author notes in his introduction to \"The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights\": \"These stories are alive even in those of us who have not read them. And, in our day, we are perhaps impatient with the words and the stately rhythms of Malory. I wanted to set the stories down in meaning as they were written, leaving out nothing and adding nothing.\" \u003cbr\u003eAlso included in this edition are the letters Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the editor of this volume, about his work and thought concerning the Arthurian legends.\u003cbr\u003e \"[Steinbeck] embellishes Malory's spare legend with a richness of detail that transforms the visions, making it no one but Steinbeck's.\"--John Gardner, \"The New York Times Book Review\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: From the Winchester Manuscripts of Thomas Malory \u0026 Other Sources | John Steinbeck | Paperback | 9780374523787 | Used: Very Good | Fantasy 1727621 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48167535280280,"sku":"1727621","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61Gyrd4flWL.jpg?v=1771948536","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/acts-of-king-arthur-and-his-noble-knights-from-the-winchester-manuscripts-of-thomas-malory-other-sources","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}