This Companion offers a chronological sweep of the canon of Arthurian literature - from its earliest beginnings to the contemporary manifestations of Arthur in film and electronic media. Leading scholars review Arthurian legends and their transformations, language-to-language, text-to-film, and medieval-to-modern adaptations are analyzed, and key concepts such as ‘empire', ‘romance' and‘chivalry' are explored. Part of Blackwell's popular Companions to Literatureand Culture series, this volume enables a fundamental understanding of Arthurian literature and leaves no doubt as to why it is still important today. INDICE: List of Illustrations.Notes on Contributors.Introduction: Theoriesand Debates: Helen Fulton (Swansea University).Part I The Arthur of History.1The End of Roman Britain and the Coming of the Saxons:.An Archaeological Context for Arthur? Alan Lane.2 Early Latin Sources: Fragments of a Pseudo-Historical Arthur N. J. Higham.3 History and Myth: Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britanniae Helen Fulton.4 The Chronicle Tradition Lister M. Matheson.Part II Celtic Origins of the Arthurian Legend.5 The Historical Context: Wales and England 8001200 Karen Jankulak and Jonathan M. Wooding.6 Arthur and Merlin in Early Welsh Literature: Fantasy and Magic Naturalism Helen Fulton.7 The Arthurian Legend in Scotland and Cornwall Juliette Wood.8 Arthur and the Irish JosephFalaky Nagy.9 Migrating Narratives: Peredur, Owain, and Geraint Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan.Part III Continental Arthurian Traditions.10 The Matter of Britain onthe Continent and the Legend of Tristan and Iseult in France, Italy, and Spain.Joan Tasker Grimbert.11 Chrétien de Troyes and the Invention of Arthurian Courtly Fiction Roberta L. Krueger.12 The Allure of Otherworlds: The Arthurian Romances in Germany Will Hasty.13 Scandinavian Versions of Arthurian Romance Geraldine Barnes.14 The Grail and French Arthurian Romance Edward Donald Kennedy.Part IV Arthur in Medieval English Literature.15 The English Brut Tradition Julia Marvin.16 Arthurian Romance in English Popular Tradition: Sir Percyvell of Gales, Sir Cleges, and Sir Launfal.Ad Putter.17 English Chivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Carolyne Larrington.18 Sir Gawain in Middle English Romance Roger Dalrymple.19 The Medieval English Tristan Tony Davenport.Part V From Medieval to Medievalism.20 Malorys Morte Darthur and History Andrew Lynch.21 Malorys Lancelot and Guenevere Elizabeth Archibald.22 Malory and the Quest for the Holy Grail Raluca L. Radulescu.23 The Arthurian Legend in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries Alan Lupack.24 Scholarship and Popular Culture in the Nineteenth Century David Matthews.25 Arthur in Victorian Poetry Inga Bryden.26 King Arthur in Art Jeanne Fox-Friedman.Part VI Arthur in the Modern Age.27 A Postmodern Subject in Camelot: Mark Twains (Re)vision of.Malorys Morte Darthur in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court Robert Paul Lamb.28 T. H. Whites The Once and Future King Andrew Hadfi eld.29 Modernist Arthur: The Welsh Revival Geraint Evans.30 Historical Fiction and the Post-Imperial Arthur Tom Shippey.31 Feminism and the Fantasy Tradition: The Mists of Avalon Jan Shaw.PartVII Arthur on Film.32 Remediating Arthur Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman.33 Arthurs American Round Table: The Hollywood Tradition Susan Aronstein.34 The Art of Arthurian Cinema Lesley Coote.35 Digital Divagations in a Hyperreal Camelot: Antoine Fuquas King Arthur.Nickolas Haydock.Index
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