About: The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

John Steinbeck’s last, unfinished written work, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, was posthumously published in 1976. In part, Steinbeck set out to retell the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table so that his sons could enjoy reading about them as much as he had enjoyed the stories growing up. Like much of his other work, Steinbeck's King Arthur is characterized by the author's stark, simple style and detailed characterization.

AttributesValues
rdfs:label
  • The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
rdfs:comment
  • John Steinbeck’s last, unfinished written work, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, was posthumously published in 1976. In part, Steinbeck set out to retell the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table so that his sons could enjoy reading about them as much as he had enjoyed the stories growing up. Like much of his other work, Steinbeck's King Arthur is characterized by the author's stark, simple style and detailed characterization.
sameAs
dcterms:subject
abstract
  • John Steinbeck’s last, unfinished written work, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, was posthumously published in 1976. In part, Steinbeck set out to retell the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table so that his sons could enjoy reading about them as much as he had enjoyed the stories growing up. Like much of his other work, Steinbeck's King Arthur is characterized by the author's stark, simple style and detailed characterization. The story offers a different, more nuanced perspective of the love triangle between King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and Sir Lancelot. Steinbeck's King Arthur begins with Sir Lancelot returning to Camelot from his latest successful adventures. A party is thrown in his honor. Steinbeck goes to great lengths to describe the food, drink, dancing, and festivities, all of which bore the guest of honor: weary of fame and adventure, Lancelot hardly sees himself as the perfect knight the revelers make him out to be. Guinevere, too, finds the party tiresome; her private desire is to spend time with Lancelot. Guinevere and Lancelot meet but narrowly escape the notice of King Arthur. As Guinevere leaves to attend her husband, Lancelot is left in tears, both for the loss of his love and for the impossible standards his fame requires him to uphold.
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software