The Arthur of the English
The Arthurian Legend in Medieval English Life and Literature
Distributed for University of Wales Press
The Arthur of the English
The Arthurian Legend in Medieval English Life and Literature
The English think of Arthur as their own—stamped on the landscape in scores of place names and echoed in the names of their princes. This book, which brings together the work of leading international scholars, is the first comprehensive treatment of Arthurian legend in English life and literature. Literary studies are interspersed with chapters on the political and social manifestations of the Arthurian legend, the influence of continental romance tradition, and the impact of the medieval legacy to later centuries of English literature. This edition also includes a chapter dealing with questions of production, circulation, and readership of the Arthurian tales.
442 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | © 2012
Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Celtic Tradition
Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan
2. Dynastic Chronicles
W. R. J. Barron, Françoise Le Saux, Lesley Johnson
Interchapter A: Arthur in English History
James P. Carley
3. The Romance Tradition
Catherine Batt and Rosalind Field
4. Dynastic Romance
Karen Hodder, David Burnley, Lesley Johnson and Carole Weinberg
5. Chivalric Romance
Maldwyn Mills, Elizabeth Williams, Flora Alexander, Rosamund Allen, W. R. J. Barron
Interchapter B: Arthur in English Society
Juliet Vale
6. Folk Romance
Gillian Rogers, Diane Speed, David Griffith and John Withrington
7. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur
P.J.C. Field
8. The Arthurian Legacy
Chris Brooks and Inga Bryden
Abbreviations
Notes
Postscript: Authors and Audiences
John J. Thompson
Reference Bibliography
Index