THE READING SHELF
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READING SHELF
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The source of the sword-and-anvil, lake and barge stories here. Check whether an edition is complete, abridged or modernised, and whose text it follows.
Read the relevant notebook ↗A poem in Middle English, so most readers use a translation. Compare translators and whether the original text is printed alongside.
Read the relevant notebook ↗The 12th-century Latin History of the Kings of Britain, which Wace later retold in French. Look for an edition with notes on what is history and what is not.
Read the relevant notebook ↗Tennyson’s connected Arthurian poems, first published in 1859. Check whether an edition also includes The Lady of Shalott, which is a separate, earlier poem.
Read the relevant notebook ↗Pyle’s 1903 retelling, with his own pen drawings. Many reprints exist; compare type size and whether the drawings are included.
Read the relevant notebook ↗For making your own illuminated page or shield design from the printables. Follow the maker’s age guidance and instructions.
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