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Golden Wings & Other Stories by William Morris

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U.S. CUSTOMERS: This item is available at Orbit DVD! Buy on their websiteEight tales of romance, melodrama, and battle from England's master of fantasy.From high-fantasy Arthurian melodramas to brutish tales of barbarian hordes, the stories contained within this volume are full of gallant knights, mysterious maidens, despot kings, evil queens, and moments of violence still shocking today.Originally written for the Oxford & Cambridge Magazine when he was just 22, the stories in Golden Wings & Other Stories show Morris developing his voice and exploring the earliest versions of what came to be his trademark prose.An acknowledged influence on both J.R.R. Tolkein and C.S. Lewis, William Morris is regarded as the first true writer of high-fantasy in the English language. (Also included in this collection are 3 essays and 5 poems contributed to the Oxford & Cambridge Magazine in 1856.)
 
Contents:


The Story of the Unknown Church

A Dream
Gertha's Lovers
Svend and his Brethren
Lindenborg Pool
The Hollow Land
Golden Wings
Frank's Sealed Letter
'Men and Women' by Robert Browning
The Churches of North France. Shadows of Amiens
'Death the Avenger' and 'Death the Friend'
Winter Weather
Riding Together
Hands
The Chapel in Lyoness

Pray but One Prayer for Us