The Book of Merlyn

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The Book of Merlyn is T. H. White’s posthumously published conclusion to his Arthurian cycle The Once and Future King, in which Merlyn returns to instruct King Arthur on war, peace, and human nature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian literature work
novel
author T. H. White
authorDeathPrecedesPublication true
basedOn Arthurian legend
contains animal transformations
philosophical dialogues
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre Arthurian fantasy
fantasy novel
hasCharacter Archimedes the owl
Queen Guinevere
surface form: Guinevere

Sir Ector
Sir Kay
Sir Lancelot
hasIllustrations true
hasSubject ethics of warfare
nature of power
influencedBy T. H. White's pacifist views
World War II
intendedAudience adult readers
language English
literaryCycle the Once and Future King
surface form: The Once and Future King cycle
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
mainCharacter King Arthur
Merlyn
medium print
narrativeDevice Merlyn instructs King Arthur
narrativeForm frame narrative
originalIntendedFunction final part of The Once and Future King
partOf the Once and Future King
surface form: The Once and Future King
positionInSeries conclusion
posthumous true
precededBy The Candle in the Wind
publicationYear 1977
publisher University of Texas Press
relatedWork The Candle in the Wind
The Ill-Made Knight
The Queen of Air and Darkness
The Sword in the Stone
series the Once and Future King
surface form: The Once and Future King
setting end of King Arthur's reign
theme education
human nature
pacifism
peace
political philosophy
war

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T. H. White notableWork The Book of Merlyn
The Candle in the Wind precedes The Book of Merlyn