{"product_id":"merlins-youth-an-arthurian-poem-of-merlin-youth-and-lost-love-paperback","title":"Merlin's Youth: An Arthurian Poem of Merlin, Youth, and Lost Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Parker Bidder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMerlin's Youth\u003c\/em\u003e is George Parker Bidder's Arthurian poem of memory, first love, enchantment, and the making of the wizard before legend fixes him in old age.\u003c\/strong\u003e Spoken from Merlin's point of view, the poem looks back toward youth and toward Yberha, the woman associated with his awakening to magic, desire, loss, and the inward burden of visionary knowledge. Rather than treating Merlin only as King Arthur's counsellor or the distant prophet of romance, Bidder imagines him as a figure formed by longing, wonder, and remembered sorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis short late nineteenth-century poem belongs to the long literary afterlife of Arthurian legend, where medieval material is reshaped through Victorian and Edwardian poetic feeling. Its interest lies not in retelling the whole story of Camelot, but in narrowing the myth to a private emotional origin: Merlin before the court, before prophecy hardens into destiny, and before the enchanter becomes a symbol rather than a man. Modern listings describe the work as a poem in which Merlin looks back on his lost youth and first love, remembering Yberha and the arts she taught him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Arthurian literature, classic poetry, Merlin legend, medieval romance in later literary form, and nineteenth-century mythic verse, \u003cem\u003eMerlin's Youth\u003c\/em\u003e is a brief but distinctive work: lyrical, melancholy, and centred on the human memory beneath the familiar magical figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48007751401623,"sku":"9781515403395","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4552\/4631\/files\/m84c6vyPj79781515403395.webp?v=1783756487","url":"https:\/\/leyambercollective.com\/products\/merlins-youth-an-arthurian-poem-of-merlin-youth-and-lost-love-paperback","provider":"Ley Amber Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}