The Arthurian CycleMerlin | Lancelot | TristramEdwin Arlington RobinsonDuring the era of the First World War, and in the decade thereafter, the American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson composed a cycle of epic narrative poems, written in blank verse, that were arguably modern in style but drew upon classic themes in substance. With the unfolding tragedy of a world at war top of mind, Robinson began what would become a trilogy based on the legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Merlin, the first work in Robinsons Arthurian cycle, was published in 1917. Robinsons Merlin is no magician, certainly not as modern audiences have come to know him. Rather, he is a mortal man grappling with human experiences his love for the lady Vivian and the prospect of a world going mad. Lancelot followed in 1920. At their core, Merlin and Lancelot are both war poems, with the gathering storm of the former foreshadowing the chaos and destruction of the latter, depicted in the tragic outcome of the relationship between Lancelot and Guinevere. An interval of seven years would pass before the publication of Tristram, the third work in Robinsons trilogy. During this interval, Edwin Arlington Robinson would win the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry twice first for his Collected Poems (published in 1921), and again for The Man Who Died Twice (published in 1924). With Tristram (published in 1927), Edwin Arlington Robinson would at last reap hardwon financial rewards for his work. Tristram...

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