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| Author | : W R J Barron |
| Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
| Total Pages | : 442 |
| Release | : 2020-11-15 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1786837404 |
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This first comprehensive treatment of Arthurian literature in the English language up until the end of the Middle Ages is now available for the first time in paperback. English people think of Arthur as their own – stamped on the landscape in scores of place-names, echoed in the names of princes even today. Yet some would say the English were the historical Arthur’s bitterest enemies and usurpers of his heritage. The process by which Arthurian legends have become an important part of England’s cultural heritage is traced in this book. Previous studies have concentrated on the handful of chivalric romances, which have given the impression that Arthur is a hero of romantic escapism. This study seeks to provide a more comprehensive and insightful look at the English Arthurian legends and how they evolved. It focuses primarily upon the literary aspects of Arthurian legend, but it also makes some important political and social observations.
| Author | : W R J Barron |
| Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
| Total Pages | : 650 |
| Release | : 2020-11-15 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1786837412 |
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This first comprehensive treatment of Arthurian literature in the English language up until the end of the Middle Ages is now available for the first time in paperback. English people think of Arthur as their own – stamped on the landscape in scores of place-names, echoed in the names of princes even today. Yet some would say the English were the historical Arthur’s bitterest enemies and usurpers of his heritage. The process by which Arthurian legends have become an important part of England’s cultural heritage is traced in this book. Previous studies have concentrated on the handful of chivalric romances, which have given the impression that Arthur is a hero of romantic escapism. This study seeks to provide a more comprehensive and insightful look at the English Arthurian legends and how they evolved. It focuses primarily upon the literary aspects of Arthurian legend, but it also makes some important political and social observations.
| Author | : William Raymond Johnston Barron |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 460 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
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*Subtitled 'The Arthurian Legend in Medieval English Life and Literature'. The first comprehensive study of the Arthurian legend in English life and literature. Barron investigates the process by which the legend was transmitted and assimilated into English cultural heritage and history.
| Author | : Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan |
| Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 2019-01-15 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1786833441 |
Download Arthur in the Celtic Languages Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the first comprehensive authoritative survey of Arthurian literature and traditions in the Celtic languages of Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. With contributions by leading and emerging specialists in the field, the volume traces the development of the legends that grew up around Arthur and have been constantly reworked and adapted from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. It shows how the figure of Arthur evolved from the leader of a warband in early medieval north Britain to a king whose court becomes the starting-point for knightly adventures, and how characters and tales are reimagined, reshaped and reinterpreted according to local circumstances, traditions and preoccupations at different periods. From the celebrated early Welsh poetry and prose tales to less familiar modern Breton and Cornish fiction, from medieval Irish adaptations of the legend to the Gaelic ballads of Scotland, Arthur in the Celtic Languages provides an indispensable, up-to-date guide of a vast and complex body of Arthurian material, and to recent research and criticism.
| Author | : Miles Russell |
| Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2017-03-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1445662752 |
Download Arthur and the Kings of Britain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A fresh look at the text which introduced for the first time some of the key figures in British myth and legend.
| Author | : Leslie Alcock |
| Publisher | : Viking Press |
| Total Pages | : 437 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780140136050 |
Download Arthur's Britain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book assembles a wealth of information about the Arthur of history by delving into the shadowy period of the past in which he lived. Drawing on evidence from both written adn archaeological sources, Leslie Alcock sifts history from fiction to take us back to life between the fourth and seventh centuries, a time of warfare and feuding, when Celtic Britain had shaken off Roman rule, and fell victim to floods of raiding Scots, Picts, and Anglo-Saxons. He also provides details on how the Britons lived, worshipped, dressed and fought, to create a vivid picture of the Arthurian age and its warrior hero.
| Author | : Rachel Bromwich |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 334 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
Download The Arthur of the Welsh Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Publisher description: This volume is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the Arthurian legend in Medieval Welsh literature. Little, if anything, is known historically of Arthur, yet for centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition and this volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages. The distinguished contributors offer a comprehensive view of recent scholarship relating to Arthurian literature in early Welsh and other Brythonic sources.
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| Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
| Total Pages | : 652 |
| Release | : 2020-10-15 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1786837439 |
Download The Arthur of the French Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.).
| Author | : Norris J. Lacy |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 585 |
| Release | : 2015-07-17 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1317341848 |
Download The Romance of Arthur Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Romance of Arthur, James J. Wilhelm’s classic anthology of Arthurian literature, is an essential text for students of the medieval Romance tradition. This fully updated third edition presents a comprehensive reader, mapping the course of Arthurian literature, and is expanded to cover: key authors such as Chrétien de Troyes and Thomas of Britain, as well as Arthurian texts by women and more obscure sources for Arthurian romance extensive coverage of key themes and characters in the tradition a wide geographical range of texts including translations from Latin, French, German, Spanish, Welsh, Middle English, and Italian sources a broad chronological range of texts, encompassing nearly a thousand years of Arthurian romance. Norris J. Lacy builds on the book’s source material, presenting readers with a clear introduction to many accessible modern-spelling versions of Arthurian texts. The extracts are presented in a new reader-friendly format with detailed suggestions for further reading and illustrations of key places, figures, and scenes. The Romance of Arthur provides an excellent introduction and an extensive resource for both students and scholars of Arthurian literature.
| Author | : Siân Echard |
| Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
| Total Pages | : 395 |
| Release | : 2011-03-15 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1783164530 |
Download The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
