Arthuriad: Synopsis & Excerpts
A Bold Reinterpretation
Introducting Arthuriad by Rahul Gupta. This profound work of the Arthurian Myth in traditional alliterative verse.
Arthuriad: Synopsis & Excerpts
A bold reinterpretation of the Arthurian legend, retold as an epic in alliterative verse. This volume contains a prose synopsis of the epic together with extensive excerpts from a section of the epic itself.
"Not since John Heath-Stubbs and David Jones have I seen such ambitious astounding brilliance. This profound rework expands the Arthurian myth further than anyone else since Geoffrey of Monmouth and Malory. One of the truly great mythic works of our time." - John Matthews
Extract
Excerpts from A Seasonal Interlude for An Arthurian Epic
i) The Manuscript
Now eye and ear err a moment.
What odd items edge the margins,
from the borders beckon? —Babooneries.
Ignore narrative. In the neighbouring fringe,
chocked cheek by jowl with the chief purpose,
view devices: the verges swarm;
turn from this text, to tarry idly
amid a scribe’s sketches. On the scored vellum
round the writing, are wreathed framing
grisaille designs, scenes and tableaux
above and below the black-letter,
and as emblems set on either side
in linked legendry: a limner’s work
of foolish figures— or fabling show.