Author: James Douglas Bruce; Alfons Hilka [supplement]
Title: The Evolution of the Arthurian Romance from the Beginnings Down to the Year 1300
Description: Gloucester, Peter Smith, 1958. Cloth. A sweeping two-volume study on the evolution of the Arthurian Romance, by the renowned scholar James Douglas Bruce. A re-issue of the second edition of this uncommon two-volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Previous owner's stamp to the front free end paper of each volume. James Douglas Bruce (1862-1923) was internationally renowned for his scholarship in Old English, Middle English, and the Arthurian Romance. He is best remembered for this two-volume work on the evolution of the Arthurian Romance. In this work, Bruce explores lays, prose romances, Arthurian tradition, and Holy Grail theories in this study of the evolution of the Arthurian Romance from its beginning to 1300. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart and bright, with a little fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Arthurian legend Arthurian romance King Arthur James Douglas Bruce Arthurian romance Not Stated


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