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- Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee" explores the sudden loss of a beloved woman, set "many many years ago, in a kingdom by the sea." The poem's rhythmic quality is comparable to Tennyson's work. First published in 1845, it can be found in The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, released by Vintage Books in 1995.
- Sir Thomas Malory's rendition of the King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table legend, titled Le Morte D'Arthur, was originally published in 1485 by William Caxton. This seminal work remains a key source for Arthurian mythology. An unabridged edition, reprinted from the Caxton original, is available from Sterling Publications, copyright 2000.
- John Steinbeck, renowned for his twentieth-century realist novels like Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath, also created a notable modern adaptation of the Arthurian legend in his Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, published by Noonday Press in 1993.
- Tennyson's poem "Lancelot and Elaine," included in his book Idylls of the King, adheres closely to the traditional legends about the relationship between the knight of the Round Table and Elaine of Astolat. This collection, dedicated to Arthurian legends, was published in parts between 1859 and 1885, with the first complete edition appearing in 1885.
- Patricia A. McKillip's novel The Tower at Stony Wood, published in 2000 by Berkley/Ace, draws inspiration from the story of "The Lady of Shalott." The novel's imagery vividly evokes the world Tennyson describes, though the narrative diverges significantly.
- Mark Twain's satirical novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court offers a nineteenth-century American perspective on life among the knights of the Round Table. This work was Twain's response to Malory's legends. Originally published in 1889, it is available in a 1994 edition from Bantam Classics.
- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, a nineteenth-century poet and novelist, frequently addressed the themes of this poem, notably in her 1885 poem "Elaine and Elaine," which appears in the 1891 collection Songs of the Silent World. This collection is still accessible through some library systems.
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