OLDE ENGLAND OF EDMUND DULAC

In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,”as he was billed on the front covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly Magazine, the Sunday supplement for the Hearst newspaper chain. they claimed fifty million subscribers and were carried in seventeen newspapers. The contract lasted nearly 30 years.From the 1920’s onward, Dulac’s income came primarily from his American Weekly illustrations. Dulac painted 106 watercolors from 1924-1951 for thirteen different series for The American Weekly, until his final ‘Tales from the Arabian Nights’ in 1951.

The two series featured here are 7 Tales from King Arthur’s Court from 1940 and 8 Canterbury Tales from 1942, both produced during the Second World War. The format was different from the previous series, each illustration was in a square frame and accompanied by text from American author and educator John Erskine. Unfortunately, the stories are too long to reproduce here, but can be found in our other publications. The captions herein are summaries of the Erskine stories.

The Tales retold here are-

1940 7 Tales from King Arthur's Court

• The Tale of Arthur’s Sword “Excalibur”
• The Tale of Sir Tristam and the Love Potent
• The Tale of The Enchantress and the Magic Scabbard
• The Tale of Sir Galahad and his Quest for the Sangreal
• The Tale of Lancelot and the Four Queens
• The Tale of Merlin and One of the Ladies of the Lake
• The Tale of How Sir Lancelot Slew Sir Agravaine

1942 8 Canterbury Tales

• The Student’s Tale of Patient Griselda
• The Knight’s Tale of Emily’s Lovers
• The Miller’s Tale of the Carpenter’s Wife
• The Squire’s Tale of Canace and the Talking Falcon
• The Wife of Bath’s Tale of the Amorous Knight
• The Merchant’s Tale of the Doting Husband
• The Man of Law’s Tale of What Happened to Constance
• The Second Nun’s Tale of Saint Cecilia

Publisher - Dulacebooks

Language - English

Perfect Bound

Contributors

By author

Albert Seligman

Published Date - 2025-01-14

ISBN - 9789564186832

Dimensions - 25.4 x 20.3 x 0.2 cm

Page Count - 25