Roger Lancelyn Green (1918–1987)
Author of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
About the Author
Roger Lancelyn Green was born in England in 1918, where his family has lived for more than 900 years. He was often sick as a child and spent long periods confined to his room devouring Greek myths, medieval romances, and fairy tales. Green began a lifelong fascination with Greece and Greek culture show more when he first visited that country in 1935. He went on to compile and retell many Greek stories, including "Old Greek Fairy Tales," and "Jason and the Golden Fleece." Green also wrote his own stories, but he is better known for his retellings of folk tales from around the world. Roger Lancelyn Green died in 1987 (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Roger Lancelyn Green
Mystery at Mycenae 6 copies
From the World's End 5 copies
Two Satyr Plays 2 copies
The lost July, and other poems 2 copies
The Wonderful Stranger 2 copies
اساطیر یونان 1 copy
ROBIN HOOD Z ZIELONEGO LASU 1 copy
The Mystery of Andrew Lang 1 copy
Associated Works
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Contributor — 301 copies
Aspects of Alice: Lewis Carroll's Dream Child as Seen Through the Critics' Looking-glasses, 1865-1971 (1971) — Contributor — 117 copies
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Contributor — 114 copies
The Ichneutai of Sophocles (The searching satyrs) — Translator, some editions — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Green, Roger Lancelyn
- Legal name
- Green, Roger Gilbert Lancelyn
- Other names
- GREEN, Roger Gilbert Lancelyn
GREEN, Roger Lancelyn - Birthdate
- 1918-11-02
- Date of death
- 1987-10-08
- Burial location
- Headington Quarry Churchyard, Oxford, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
- Place of death
- Bebington, Cheshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Poulton Hall, Wirral, Cheshire, England, UK
- Education
- Merton College, Oxford University (B.Litt)
- Occupations
- author
biographer
children's book author
librarian - Relationships
- Lancelyn Green, Richard (son)
Lewis, C. S. (tutor) - Organizations
- Lewis Carroll Society
University of Liverpool
Inklings - Awards and honors
- Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (1975)
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Statistics
- Works
- 85
- Also by
- 21
- Members
- 11,863
- Popularity
- #1,980
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 98
- ISBNs
- 225
- Languages
- 11
- Favorited
- 7
This version is a great introduction to the Arthur myth in an easier to read language than say Mallory’s Morte D’Arthur, but still keeps very well to the traditional tale. That said modern readers might find the violence and less than sensitive treatment of various social issue a bit confronting these days.… (more)