368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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Examining the origins of the Arthurian legend and major trends in the portrayal of Arthur from the Middle Ages to the present, this collection focuses on discussion of literature written in English, French, Latin, and German. Its 16 essays, four published here for the first time, deal with such matters as the search for the historical Arthur; the depiction of Arthur in the romances Erec and Iwein... Read more
Looking for Arthur, Marilyn Jackson Parins * Dux bellorum/rex militum/roi fainéant: The Transformation of Arthur in the Twelfth Century, Barbara N. Sargent-Baur * King Arthur and the Round Table in the Erec and Iwein of Hartmann von Aue, William C. McDonald * King Arthur in the Prose Lancelot, Elspeth Kennedy * The Evolution of the Theme of the Fall of Arthur's Kingdom, Fanni Bogdanow * Appearances and Reality in La Mort le Roi Artu, Donald C. MacRae * King Arthur and Fortuna, Karl Josef Höltgen * Marlory's King Mark and King Arthur, Edward Donald Kennedy * King Arthur in Scottish Chronicles, Karl Heinz Göller * Polydore Vergil and John Leland on King Arthur: The Battle of the Books, James P. Carley * The Arthurs of the Faerie Queene, Merritt Y. Hughes * The Female King: Tennyson's Arthurian Apocalypse, Elliot L. Gilbert * To Take the Excalibur: King Arthur and the Construction of Victorian Manhood, Debra N. Mancoff * T.H. White and the Legend of King Arthur: From Animal Fantasy to Political Morality, François Gallix * Conceptions of King Arthur in the Twentieth Century, Raymond H. Thompson
Biography
Edward Donald Kennedy
"Welcome addition to the rapidly expanding shelves of Arthurian criticism." -- Speculum
