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King Arthur's Modern Return

Author : Debra N. Mancoff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317714148
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book King Arthur's Modern Return written by Debra N. Mancoff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arthurian legend closes with a promise: On a distant day, when his country calls, the king will return. His lost realm will be regained, and his shattered dream of an ideal world will, at last, be realized. This collection of original essays explores the issue of return in the modern Arthurian legend. With an Introduction by noted scholar Raymond H. Thompson and 13 essays by authors from the fields of literature, art history, film history, and folklore, this collection reveals the flexibility of the legend. Just as the modern legend takes the form current to its generation, the myth of return generates a new legend with each telling. As these authors show, return can come in the form of a noble king or a Caribbean immigrant, with the mystery of an art theft or a dying boy's dream.

The King Arthur Myth in Modern American Literature

Author : Andrew E. Mathis
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786411719
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The King Arthur Myth in Modern American Literature written by Andrew E. Mathis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2001-11-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In American fiction, two forms of the Arthurian myth are commonly found: the use of the myth for political reasons, and the use of the myth for the continuation of an aesthetic tradition that can be traced back to the earliest use of the Arthurian cycle by writers in the British Isles. This work traces the use of the legend from Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court to Donald Barthelme's novel The King. It discusses how Twain used the myth to take a stand against England, how it served cultural and aesthetic purposes in John Steinbeck's writing, how Raymond Chandler used it in complex texts with less obvious Arthurian allusions that carried strong cultural and even political associations, how John Gardner used aspects of the myth to embellish already existing narrative structures and to underscore philosophic debates, and how Donald Barthelme suggests the continuing interest of American writers in the Arthurian legend today in his novels. Also discussed is the effect of World War II on American literature and the Arthurian myth and the Camelot image surrounding the Kennedys.

The Arthur of the Iberians

Author : David Hook
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783162422
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book The Arthur of the Iberians written by David Hook and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills the Iberian linguistic and geographical gap in Arthurian studies, replacing the now-outdated work by William J. Entwistle (1925). It covers Arthurian material in all the major Peninsular Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician); it follows the spread of Arthurian material overseas with the seaborne expansion of Spain and Portugal from Iberia into America and Asia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; and, as well as examining the specifically Arthurian texts themselves, it traces the continued influence of the medieval Arthurian material and its impact on the society, literature and culture of the Golden Age and beyond, including its presence in Don Quixote, the influential Spanish Arthurian-inspired romance Amadís de Gaula, and in Spanish ballads. Such was its influence that we find an indigenous American woman called ‘Iseo’ (Iseult); and an Arthurian story appeared in an indigenous language of the Philippines, Tagalog, as late as the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

Author : Susan Austin
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1648893317
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries written by Susan Austin and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King Arthur we imagine did not exist in history. He is the result of stories told and retold, changed and added to by storytellers for centuries, each making the story reflect the storyteller’s time and values. The chapters in this book look at movies, manga, comic books, a television show, and traditional books released since 1960 to explore some of the ways King Arthur has been reimagined in the past 60 years. Interpreting Avalon High and The Kind Who Would Be King, Camelot 3000 and King Arthur vs. Dracula, Fate/Zero, John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, the influence of Arthurian legend on Harry Potter, Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King, John Boorman’s Excalibur, Jerry Zucker’s First Knight, Antoine Fuqua’s King Arthur, Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword, Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service, Iris Murdoch’s The Time of the Angels, and the BBC series Merlin, the authors find that while we are still interested in the idea of King Arthur, we may also want his story to be more racially and gender inclusive, less elitist, and in some cases, more secular.

The Skystone

Author : Jack Whyte
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 1466822228
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Skystone written by Jack Whyte and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first novel in Jack Whyte's riveting Arthurian series tells how the story of Camelot may have actually come to be. We all know the story—how Arthur pulled the sword from the stone and how Camelot came to be. But how did it really happen? The Roman citizens of Britain faced a deadly choice: leave to live in a corrupt Roman world, or stay amidst the violence of the warring factions of Picts, Celts, and invading Saxons. For Publius Varrus and Caius Britannicus, there is only one answer. They will stay, try to preserve the best of Roman life, and create a new culture from the wreckage. In doing so, they will plant the seeds of a legend. For these two men are Arthur's great-grandfathers and their actions will shape a nation...and forge the sword known as Excalibur. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Arthur of the North

Author : Marianne E. Kalinke
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783164557
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book The Arthur of the North written by Marianne E. Kalinke and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a comprehensive survey of medieval and early modern Arthurian literature in the Scandinavian countries The book analyses the transmission of a foreign courtly literature in the non-courtly culture of Iceland The book surveys the acculturation of foreign narrative and style to indigenous literary forms in the North

The Arthurian Legend

Author : Margaret J. C. Reid
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317656687
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book The Arthurian Legend written by Margaret J. C. Reid and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1938, this study explores the reception of the mythology of King Arthur by modern poets and playwrights. More specifically, the author explores the lineage of the legendary material since the first edition of Malory in 1485, exploring a vast range of artists who have made use of it: Spenser, Milton and Dryden, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Hardy, Matthew Arnold, and even Wagner. The conclusion is that although the myths have never occupied as central a place as the Classical or Biblical heritage, nonetheless the tales of King Arthur will continue to encapsulate romantic ideals and aspirations.

Modern Arthurian Literature

Author : Alan Lupack
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134816901
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Modern Arthurian Literature written by Alan Lupack and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. This is a collection of works around the legend of King Arthur from both English and American sources. They range from the sixteenth century to the 1980s and includes authors such as Spenser, Swift, Fielding, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Swinburne, Morris, Carr, Hawthorne, Pyle, Richard Wilbur and Wendy M. Mnookin.

Arthurian Literature X

Author : Richard Barber
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780859913089
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Arthurian Literature X written by Richard Barber and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1991 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tenth volume of Arthurian Literature continues some ofthe themes of earlier issues, as well as exploring unfamiliar andcontroversial ground. The second part of CHRISTINE POULSON's survey of the Arthurian legend in 19th-century art is an analysisby subject of the works catalogued by artist in Arthurian Literature IX. A. H. W. SMITH provides a substantial update to MaryWildman's bibliography of modern Arthurian literature which appearedin Arthurian Literature II, adding not only recent works butalso many items missing from the earlier list. Mr Smith also contributesan article on Ponticus Virumnius and the text of Gildas, one of themore intriguing mysteries of Arthurian text history, and sets outVirumnius' claim to have seen a poem by Gildas which has since disappeared. ARMEL DIVERRES writes on the origins of Chretien de Troyes'Conte del Graal; he argues that we should seek the poet's inspiration in the crusading activities of Philip of Flanders, supporting his case with a careful examination of many otherwise difficult passages in the poem.

Modern Arthurian Literature

Author : Alan Lupack
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780815300557
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Modern Arthurian Literature written by Alan Lupack and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend

Author : Alan Lupack
Publisher : Oxford Quick Reference
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend written by Alan Lupack and published by Oxford Quick Reference. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend offers a comprehensive survey of the Arthurian legends in all their manifestations, from the earliest medieval texts to their appearances in contemporary culture. Essential reading for Arthurian scholars, medievalists, and for those interested in myth and legend.

Silk and Potatoes

Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004489495
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Silk and Potatoes written by Adam Roberts and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study constitutes the first to analyse the remarkable surge in popularity of Arthurian literature and art in the modern period from a broad range of instances of cultural production. More novels with Arthurian themes have been published since the war than in any previous period, and Silk and Potatoes provides detailed readings of some of the most famous, including works by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Anthony Burgess, C.J. Cherryh, Guy Gavriel Kay, Mary Stewart, Jack Vance and T.H. White. In addition to examining Arthurian fiction (with chapters on the general novel, Historical fiction and Science Fiction), this study examines the key cinematic examples of Arthuriana (Boorman’s Excalibur, Bresson’s Lancelot du Lac, Rohmer’s Perceval Le Gallois and Monthy Python and the Holy Grail). A further chapter goes on to look at the myriad other forms of cultural production based on Arthurian themes; from Bugs Bunny to Pop Music, from the Camelot of JFK to the British National Lottery. This is a study that touches on many aspects of Arthuriana whilst developing two connected arguments about (on the one hand) the necessary anachronism of any modern Arthurian Literature, and (on the other) the aesthetic-political implications of this literature’s success. The whole, whilst rooted in the scholarly debates on the enduring appeal of King Arthur, is written in an accessible and entertaining style. It will be of interest to students and teachers of Arthurian literature, film and popular culture.

Modern Arthurian Literature

Author : Alan Lupack
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134816979
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Modern Arthurian Literature written by Alan Lupack and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. This is a collection of works around the legend of King Arthur from both English and American sources. They range from the sixteenth century to the 1980s and includes authors such as Spenser, Swift, Fielding, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Swinburne, Morris, Carr, Hawthorne, Pyle, Richard Wilbur and Wendy M. Mnookin.

The Arthurian legend

Author : Margaret J. Reid
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Arthurian legend written by Margaret J. Reid and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Companion to Arthurian Literature

Author : Helen Fulton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470672374
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Arthurian Literature written by Helen Fulton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Taliesin's Successors

Author : Raymond Henry Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Taliesin's Successors written by Raymond Henry Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arthurian Literature XX

Author : Keith Busby
Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859917988
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Arthurian Literature XX written by Keith Busby and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of major Arthurian works and authors in Old French, Middle High German, Middle English, and of one important novel by C. S. Lewis. Arthurian Literature continues the policy of alternating themed issues and miscellanies. This varied collection includes studies of major Arthurian works and authors in Old French, Middle High German, Middle English, and ofone important novel by C.S. Lewis. A controversial textual crux in Chrétien's Yvain, debated vigorously by scholars in the late 1980s, is revisited, while the narrative function of clothing in Chrétien's romances comes under review. An enigmatic and linguistically difficult passage from Der jüngere Titurel is translated and discussed, and an article on Der arme Heinrich studies this pious tale in the context of its generic affiliations: while not strictly speaking an Arthurian romance, it deserves consideration here as a work of one of medieval Germany's most significant writers of Arthurian romance. There is discussion of Thomas Chestre's adoption of the lai as a vehicle for social criticism in his Middle English adaptation of Marie de France's Lanval; the evolution of Arthurian romance in medieval England is also the primary concern in a study of The Awntyrs off Arthure. The figure of Arthur himself is central to an examination of the Middle English Prose Brut, and the delicate political implications of Malory's Morte Darthur are explored. Finally, C.S. Lewis's transformation and use ofthe figures of Uther Pendragon and Merlin in That Hideous Strength is explored. Contributors: RICHARD BARBER, JANE DEWHURST, TAMAR DRUKKER, CYRIL EDWARDS, DINA HAZELL, DONALD KENNEDY, GERALD SEAMAN, KRISTA SUE-LO-TWU, JANINA P. TRAXLER, MONICA L. WRIGHT.