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Reflecting his lifelong interest in Arthurian themes, his primary sources were Malory's 'Morte d'Arthur' and the Welsh 'Mabinogion'. For him, the 'Idylls' embodied the universal and unending war between sense and soul, and Arthur the highest ideals of manhood and kingship; an attitude totally compatible with the moral outlook of his age. This edition, based on the text authorized by Tennyson himself, contains full critical apparatus.
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