The Return of Arthur

TitleThe Return of Arthur
Year for Search1966
AuthorsSkinner, Martyn(1906-93)
Date Published1966
PublisherChapman and Hall
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Epic poem most of which is concerned with the dystopia of the modern age, particularly that of Communism. The work ends though with the reestablishment of the best of the past and a eutopia.

Additional Publishers

Parts originally published as Merlin or the Return of Arthur. A Satiric Epic. Part One. London: Frederick Muller, 1951; The Return of Arthur. A Poem of the Future. London: Chapman & Hall, 1955; and The Return of Arthur. A Poem of the Future. Part Two. London: Chapman & Hall, 1959. The utopia is only found in the 1966 version.

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Author Note

(1906-93)

Full Text

1966 Skinner, Martyn (1906-93). The Return of Arthur. A Poem of the Future. London: Chapman and Hall with each of the three parts separately paged and with notes on Part III (251-62). The first two parts were originally published as Merlin or the Return of Arthur. A Satiric Epic. Part One. London: Frederick Muller, 1951; rpt. as The Return of Arthur. A Poem of the Future. London: Chapman & Hall, 1955; and The Return of Arthur. A Poem of the Future. Part Two. London: Chapman & Hall, 1959. The utopia is only found in the 1966 version. L, PU

Epic poem most of which is concerned with the dystopia of the modern age, particularly that of Communism. The work ends though with the reestablishment of the best of the past and a eutopia.