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'A Kind of Vessel to Carry on the Idea': Frustrated Taxonomies of Adaptation in T.H. White's The Once and Future King
- Arthuriana
- Scriptorium Press
- Volume 28, Number 2, Summer 2018
- pp. 79-99
- 10.1353/art.2018.0015
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
The complex intertextuality of T.H. White's The Once and Future King problematizes definitions of source and adaptation in medievalism. Positioned as a footnote to, a preface to, and a commentary upon Malory's Morte Darthur, White's work demonstrates the productive possibilities of adaptive relationships that frustrate our attempts to 'taxonomize' them.