Arthurian Literature VI

Arthurian Literature VI
Author: Richard Barber
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1986
Genre: History
ISBN: 0859912264

Published by Boydell & Brewer Inc.

A Companion to Arthurian Literature

A Companion to Arthurian Literature
Author: Helen Fulton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2012-01-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0470672374

This Companion offers a chronological sweep of the canon of Arthurian literature - from its earliest beginnings to the contemporary manifestations of Arthur found in film and electronic media. Part of the popular series, Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, this expansive volume enables a fundamental understanding of Arthurian literature and explores why it is still integral to contemporary culture. Offers a comprehensive survey from the earliest to the most recent works Features an impressive range of well-known international contributors Examines contemporary additions to the Arthurian canon, including film and computer games Underscores an understanding of Arthurian literature as fundamental to western literary tradition

The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature

The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature
Author: Siân Echard
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1783164530

King Arthur is arguably the most recognizable literary hero of the European Middle Ages. His stories survive in many genres and many languages, but while scholars and enthusiasts alike know something of his roots in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin History of the Kings of Britain, most are unaware that there was a Latin Arthurian tradition which extended beyond Geoffrey. This collection of essays will highlight different aspects of that tradition, allowing readers to see the well-known and the obscure as part of a larger, often coherent whole. These Latin-literate scholars were as interested as their vernacular counterparts in the origins and stories of Britain's greatest heroes, and they made their own significant contributions to his myth.

The Arthur of the Italians

The Arthur of the Italians
Author:
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1783161582

This is the first comprehensive book on the Arthurian legend in medieval and Renaissance Italy since Edmund Gardner’s 1930 The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. Arthurian material reached all levels of Italian society, from princely courts with their luxury books and frescoed palaces, to the merchant classes and even popular audiences in the piazza, which enjoyed shorter retellings in verse and prose. Unique assemblages emerge on Italian soil, such as the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa or the innovative Tavola Ritonda, in versions made for both Tuscany and the Po Valley. Chapters examine the transmission of the French romances across Italy; reworkings in various Italian regional dialects; the textual relations of the prose Tristan; narrative structures employed by Italian writers; later ottava rima poetic versions in the new medium of printed books; the Arthurian-themed art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance; and more. The Arthur of the Italians offers a rich corpus of new criticism by scholars who have brought the Italian Arthurian material back into critical conversation.

The Arthur of the French

The Arthur of the French
Author:
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 652
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1786837439

This major reference work is the fourth volume in the series "Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages". Its intention is to update the French and Occitan chapters in R.S. Loomis’ "Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages: A Collaborative History" (Oxford, 1959) and to provide a volume which will serve the needs of students and scholars of Arthurian literature. The principal focus is the production, dissemination and evolution of Arthurian material in French and Occitan from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. Beginning with a substantial overview of Arthurian manuscripts, the volume covers writing in both verse (Wace, the Tristan legend, Chretien de Troyes and the Grail Continuations, Marie de France and the anonymous lays, the lesser known romances) and prose (the Vulgate Cycle, the prose Tristan, the Post-Vulgate Roman du Graal, etc.).

The Arthur of the North

The Arthur of the North
Author: Marianne E. Kalinke
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0708323545

The book introduces the reader to the stories about King Arthur and his knights and the lovers Tristan and Isolt that flourished in the Scandinavian countries-in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden-in the Middle Ages and in early modern times. The versions of the Arthurian legend that were popular in the North were translations of mostly French literature. Although they were similar to their sources in many respects, the stories nonetheless underwent change in order to appeal to a culturally quite different audience in the North.

Latin Arthurian Literature

Latin Arthurian Literature
Author: Mildred Leake Day
Publisher: DS Brewer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2005
Genre: Arthurian romances
ISBN: 9781843840640

Parallel text and translation of Arthurian romances in Latin. Latin is the language not only of numerous Arthurian chronicles - including the most important of all, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britannie - but also of a small number of important but largely neglected romancesconcerning Arthur and his knights. Several of these romances clearly take their inspiration from the chronicle tradition, and their authors sometimes join romance adventures with actual events and characters (such as Henry II) inorder to give the appearance of history to Arthurian fiction. Ranging in date from the late twelfth to the fourteenth century, these romances include De ortu Waluuanii (in which Gawain defeats the Persian champion for thepeace of Jerusalem), Historia Meriadoci, Arthur and Gorlagon, and Draco Normannicus. These four texts are presented here in facing text and translation, and accompanied by a thorough introduction and extensive notes.

The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend

The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend
Author: Elizabeth Archibald
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521860598

Covers the evolution of the legend over time and analyses the major themes that have emerged.

Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance

Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance
Author: Roger Sherman Loomis
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2005-08-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1613732104

King Arthur was not an Englishman, but a Celtic warrior, according to Loomis, whose research into the background of the Arthurian legend reveals findings which are both illuminating and highly controversial. The author sees the vegetarian goddess as the prototype of many damsels in Arthurian romance, and Arthur's knights as the gods of sun and storm. If Loomis's arguments are accepted, where does this leave the historic Arthur?

Arthurian Romance

Arthurian Romance
Author: Derek Pearsall
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0470776773

This witty and accessible book traces the history of Arthurian romance from medieval to modern times, explaining its enduring appeal. Traces the history of Arthurian romance from medieval to modern times. Covers art and films as well as the great literary works of Arthurian romance. Draws out the changing political, moral and emotional uses of the story. Explains the enduring appeal of the Arthurian legend. Written by an author with vast knowledge of medieval literature.