All right! A bold new era for Le Morte D’Arthur, as we start Book VII! Book VII requires a little bit of lead-in, stuff to bear in mind: 1) An extremely cursory internet browse (the only research I’m doing on … Continue reading →
Picking up directly from yesterday: Anyway, that whole incident ends with a Love, American Style group shot of Launcelot, Bellus, and Bellus’s mistress laughing about their big misunderstanding, so I do think I can safely conclude it was meant to … Continue reading →
The final chapter of Book VI is a short one. Launcelot gets back to Camelot at Pentecost, and he meets a bunch of knights from his adventures earlier in this book, which serves as a sort of recap of his … Continue reading →
All right, so, while we’re talking about the poor treatment of women in these stories… Launcelot’s riding around, and he comes across a knight running down a damosel. “Help! Help!” she shouts. Launcelot sighs, and rides up in between the … Continue reading →
Here’s a change-up after the supernaturalism of the previous strange adventure. This one is way more straightforward. Nothing supernatural, just a lot of misogyny. Okay, you’ve got Sir Launcelot, he’s riding around, and one day he’s passing by a castle … Continue reading →
Launcelot’s out in the churchyard, reflecting on his bizarre experience just now. “Excuse me,” says Hellawes. “Sir Launcelot?” Launcelot did not see this damosel approaching, and startles. “What? How did you get here? I last saw you crying over your … Continue reading →
Now, let’s take a second. If you’ve been reading along with Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur up to this point, you may have noticed a phrase that comes up regularly. “Strange adventures.” Knights all the time talk about strange adventures, … Continue reading →
Okay, this strange adventure gets a little involved. Also, Malory is bad about marrying his antecedents and his referents, so I might get something wrong. I’m pretty sure I’ve untangled it all, but still. Don’t say you weren’t warned. At … Continue reading →
Chapter XIII is basically the same story as Chapter XII, but with Gawaine, Uwaine, Ector-the-Lesser, and a knight we’ve never seen before, Sir Sagramour the Lusty, in place of Sir Gaunter, Sir Gilmere, and Sir Raynold. Launcelot, disguised as Kay, … Continue reading →
All right, now, Launcelot’s riding along, hitting up strange adventure after strange adventure, just having a good ol’ time. He’s dressed up as Sir Kay, which allows him to travel incognito. No one knows that he’s Sir Launcelot, so people … Continue reading →
