King Arthur, a heroic poem in twelve books
King Arthur, a heroic poem in twelve books ( King Arthur, year Heroic Poem in Twelve Books in English) is a Poème epic English writes by Richard Blackmore in 1697. Work falls under the line of Prince Arthur, a heroic poem in ten books , published two years earlier, and whose success encouraged Blackmore to take an action pursuant to him.
Like its predecessor, the King Arthur uses the pretext of old events and the legend of the king Arthur for better symbolizing the topicality of the time, in particular the accession with the throne of Guillaume III of England following the Glorieuse Revolution of 1688. However, the public and the court were this time less receptive, which is due to slowness and the trouble released by the account.
Blackmore took this time for model John Milton, and not Virgile, and admitted in the foreword that it had granted too much importance in his preceding books to the rules of the traditional unit.
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