The Once and Future King defies classification. Is it for children, or for adults? Is it fantasy or a psychological novel? In its great range, it encompasses poetry and farce, comedy and tragedy - and sudden flights of schoolboy humour. White's 'footnote to Malory' (his own phrase) resulted in the last major retelling of the story based on Malory's Morte Darthur, and in this book Elisabeth Brewer explores the literary context of White's finest work as well as considering his aims and achievemen…Show more