Idylls of the King
It is popular to slight Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King
nowadays; the only faults I find with these Idylls are Tennyson's treat
ment of Guenevere and his Victorianizing of Arthurian morality and
mores. Otherwise, I think Tennyson's is a lovely version, and I have been
favorably impressed with his scholarship. My best copy of Idylls is the
Heritage Press edition of 1939, with illustrations in sepia and white by
Robert Ball. Tennyson's Idylls are probably absolutely the latest literary
rendition which I would ever be tempted to use as an "authority."