fygwainemorgana:“Malory wrote the stories for and to his time. Any man hearing him knew every word a
fygwainemorgana:“Malory wrote the stories for and to his time. Any man hearing him knew every word and every reference. There was nothing obscure, he wrote the clear and common speech of his time and country. But that has changed — the words and references are no longer common property, for a new language has come into being. Malory did not write the stories. He simply wrote them for his time and his time understood them… And with that, almost by enchantment the words began to flow.” — Steinbeck, in a letter. -- source link
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