The Tragedy of a King: a Study of Arthur's Portrayal in the "Alliterative Morte Arthure".
Author | : Jena Theresa Trammell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Arthurian romances |
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Author | : Jena Theresa Trammell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Arthurian romances |
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Author | : Michael Smith |
Publisher | : Unbound Publishing |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2021-02-18 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1783529091 |
King Arthur’s Death (commonly referred to as the Alliterative Morte Arthure) is a Middle English poem that was written in Lincolnshire at the end of the fourteenth century. A source work for Malory’s later Morte d’Arthur, it is an epic tale which documents the horrors of war, the loneliness of kingship and the terrible price paid for arrogance. This magnificent poem tells of the arrival of emissaries from Imperial Rome demanding that Arthur pays his dues as a subject. It is Arthur’s refusal to accept these demands, and the premise of foreign domination, which leads him on a quest to confront his foes and challenge them for command of his lands. Yet his venture is not without cost. His decision to leave Mordred at home to watch over his realm and guard Guinevere, his queen, proves to be a costly one. Though Arthur defeats the Romans, events in Britain draw him back where he must now face Mordred for control of his kingdom – a conflict ultimately fatal to the pair of them. Combining heroic action, probing insight into human frailty and a great attention to contemporary detail, King Arthur’s Death is not only a lesson in effective kingship, it is also an astonishing mirror on our own times, highlighting the folly of letting stubborn dogma drive political decisions.
Author | : William Matthews |
Publisher | : Berkeley, U. of California P |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Arthurian romances |
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Author | : William Matthews |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2012 |
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Author | : Edward Donald Kennedy |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2013-10-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1135367205 |
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 of Hartmann von Aue; the way Arthur is depicted in 19th-century art and the Victorian view of manhood; and conceptions of King Arthur in 20th-century literature. Six of the essays, originally published in French and German, are translated into English especially for this book. Two essays have been substantially revised. An introduction offers a general discussion of the development of the legends in the countries of Europe. Works discussed include medieval and Renaissance chronicles (Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, Wace's Roman de Brut, Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia, Scottish vernacular and Latin chronicles), medieval romances (the Lancelot en prose, the Mort Artu, the Post-Vulgate Roman du Graal, and works of Chrétien de Troyes, Hartmann von Aue, and Sir Thomas Malory), Spenser's Faerie Queene, Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and T.H. White's Once and Future King. A bibliography lists selected major secondary studies of King Arthur as well as major reference works.
Author | : Larry Dean Benson |
Publisher | : Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Arthurian romances |
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The Stanzaic Morte Arthur engages with the tragic implications of the chivalric love between Lancelot, Arthur and Guinevere; the Alliterative Morte Arthur with those of the aspirations of militant chivalry espoused by Arthur and his knights. The texts have been edited for readers who havelittle or no training in Middle English.
Author | : William MATTHEWS (M.A., Ph. D.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1960 |
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Author | : Brian Stone |
Publisher | : Penguin Classics |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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Author | : Peter Korrel |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2023-08-14 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9004612998 |