Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2

Volume 2 of Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory constitutes the culminating movement of the Arthurian corpus, a text both elegiac and tragic, which addresses the decline of the idealized fellowship of the Round Table and the fall of Camelot. Whereas Volume 1 constructs a majestic world of chivalric brotherhood and mystical quests, Volume 2 gradually disassembles this edifice, portraying the erosion of moral unity and the fatal consequences of human frailty. The second volume is character...