The Companion to the Arthurian Legend

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Archibald is Professor of Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol. Ad Putter is Reader in English Literature at the University of Bristol. Klappentext An overview of how the legend of Arthur and his Knights evolved from the earliest documentary sources to Spamalot. Zusammenfassung For more than a thousand years! the adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the most important works of European literature. This Companion outlines the evolution of the legend from the earliest documentary sources to Spamalot. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Introduction Ad Putter and Elizabeth Archibald; Part I. Evolution: 1. The early Arthur: history and myth Ronald Hutton; 2. The twelfth-century Arthur Ad Putter; 3. The thirteenth-century Arthur Jane H. M. Taylor; 4. The fourteenth-century Arthur John Burrow; 5. The fifteenth-century Arthur Barry Windeatt; 6. The Arthur of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries Rob Gossedge and Stephen Knight; 7. The Arthur of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Norris Lacy; Part II. Themes: 8. Questioning Arthurian ideals Elizabeth Archibald; 9. Arthurian ethics Jane Gilbert; 10. Imperial Arthur: home and away Andrew Lynch; 11. Love and adultery: Arthur's affairs Peggy McCracken; 12. Religion and magic Corinne Saunders; 13. Arthurian geography Robert Allen Rouse and Cory James Rushton; Further reading; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Archibald
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Archibald (Editor), Ad Putter (Editor), Putter Ad (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2009
• EAN: 9780521677882
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67788-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Print On Demand; Cambridge Companions to Literature; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Folklore, myths and legends, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)