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Reinventing King Arthur - The Arthurian Legends in Victorian Culture

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Zusatztext '... Bryden's contribution to scholarship lies in her bringing Arthurian legend into dialogue with a range of cultural discourses and in directing attention to new titles of relevance to Arthurian studies.' Victorian Studies 'In this thorough and perceptive survey of how the Victorians interpreted and extended earlier versions of Arthurian legends Inga Bryden has no difficulty in establishing the significance and importance of her subject... Dr Bryden's book provides a model of interdisciplinarity! dealing as it does with literature! history! theology! anthropology and the visual arts! identifying their interconnections.' Literature and History '... Bryden's book is engagingly written... Notes are full and useful without being overwhelming! and a comprehensive bibliography [...] will help those who wish to pursue some of the subjects she raises... her study offers a rich mine of inspiration for future! more detailed scholarship... an important work! useful to medievalists and Victorianists alike.' Pre-Raphaelite Studies '... this is a fascinating study! and one which can certainly be recommended.' Tennyson Research Bulletin Informationen zum Autor Inga Bryden is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at University of Winchester. She has published on the Arthurian Revival! the Pre-Raphaelites! nineteenth-century domestic space! and Indian domestic space. Current research projects focus on urban space and the representation of cities! and Anglo-Indian literature and culture. Klappentext Starting with a review of the historical evidence available to Victorian writers and an examination of how historians of the time represented Arthur! the author connects Victorian accounts of Arthur's quest to contemporary scientific and historical searches for origins and knowledge! and appropriation by competing religions. Zusammenfassung Starting with a review of the historical evidence available to Victorian writers and an examination of how historians of the time represented Arthur, the author connects Victorian accounts of Arthur's quest to contemporary scientific and historical searches for origins and knowledge, and appropriation by competing religions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; Introduction; 19th-century Arthurians and the Mythical Inheritance; Historians and historicism; Ethnology and the Search for Origins; The Holy Grail; Victorian Heroism and the King Remodelled; Arthurian Lovers: Psychology! Purity and Adultery; Arthur's death; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. ...

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