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King Arthur: A Casebook (Arthurian Characters and Themes) [Hardcover]

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ISBN-10: 0815304951 | ISBN-13: 978-0815304951 | Publication Date: December 1, 1995 | Edition: 1

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 Chretien 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.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } 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 Chretien 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.

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Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0815304951
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5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable history of the figure of King Arthur, February 19, 2009

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The first volume of the Arthurian Characters and Themes series, KING ARTHUR: A CASEBOOK (1996, pb. 2001) surveys the representation of King Arthur in literature and art from the Middle Ages to the 1990s. Most of the essays are reprinted from earlier publications, and many appear here in English translations for the first time. The essays are accessible and translations are provided for quotations from foreign languages. There is no index.

The collection opens with an exhaustive history of Arthur's career in art and literature, though nothing on film/tv (an oversight corrected in later volumes of the series). The next essay looks at appoaches to the historical Arthur, while the renmainder are focused on the Arthur of legend.

Complete contents as follows:

Introduction and Select Bibliography / Edward Donald Kennedy

Looking for Arthur / Marylyn Jackson Parins

DUX BELLORUM, REX MILITUM / ROI FAINÉANT: The Transformation of Arthur in the Twelfth Century / Barbara N. Sargent-Baur (reprint; new in English)

King Arthur and the Round Table in the EREC and IWEIN of Hartmann von Aue / William C. McDonald

King Arthur in the Prose Lancelot / Elspeth Kennedy (reprint; new in English)

The Evolution of the Theme of the Fall of Arthur's Kingdom / Fanni Bogdanow (reprint; new in English)

Appearances and reality in LA MORT LE ROI ARTU / Donald C. MacRae (reprint)

King Arthur and Fortuna / Karl Josef Höltgen (reprint; new in English)

Malory's King Mark and King Arthur / Edward Donald Kennedy (reprint)

King Arthur in the Scottish Chronicles / Karl Heinz Göller (reprint; new in English)

Polydore Vergil and John Leland on King Arthur: The Battle of the Books / James P. Carley (reprint)

The Arthurs of the FAERIE QUEENE / Merritt Y. Hughes (reprint)

The Female King: Tennyson's Arthurian Apocalypse / Elliot L. Gilbert (reprint)

To Take Excalibur: King Arthur and the Construction of Victorian Manhood / Debra N. Mancoff

T.H. White and the Legend of King Arthur: From Animal Fantasy to Political Morality / Fran�ois Gallix (reprint; new in English)

Conceptions of King Arthur in the Twentieth Century / Raymond H. Thompson

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No character, eminent in ancient history, has ever been treated with more extravagance, mendacity and injustice, than the renowned Arthur, the illustrious monarch and valiant commander of the Britons. Read the first page

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Gawain: A Casebook (Arthurian Characters and Themes) by Raymond H. Thompson on page 33, and page 317
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Hollywood Knights: Arthurian Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia (Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures) by Susan Aronstein in Back Matter
The Persistence of Medievalism by Angela Jane Weisl in Back Matter
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