Alan Lupack, "The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend"
Alan Lupack, "The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend"
Oxford University Press | 2007 | ISBN: 019921509X | 510 pages | siPDF | 12.2 MB
Oxford University Press | 2007 | ISBN: 019921509X | 510 pages | siPDF | 12.2 MB
The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend is both a critical history of the Arthurian tradition and a reference guide to Arthurian works, names, characters, symbols, and places. Seven essays offer a comprehensive survey of the legends in all of their manifestations, from their origins in medieval literature to their adaptation in modern literature, arts, film, and popular culture. It also demonstrates the tremendous continuity of the legends by examining the ways that they have been reinterpreted over the years. The indispensable reference on the subject, it also contains encyclopedic entries, bibliographies, and a comprehensive index. The extensive chapter-by-chapter bibliographies, which are subdivided by topic, augment the general bibliography of Arthurian resources.
Comprehensive in its analysis and hypertextual in its approach, The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend is an essential reference book for Arthurian scholars, medievalists, and for those interested in cultural studies of myth and legend.
Contents
IntroductionTags: Literature, LiteraryCriticism, KingArthur, Mythology
Bibliography of Basic Resources for the Study of the Arthurian Legends
General Sources
Journals
Arthurian Names
Bibliographies
Overviews and Studies of Particular Countries, Periods, or Genres
Guides to Major Arthurian Texts
Arthurian Characters and Symbols
Arthurian Art
Arthurian Music
Arthurian Sites
Anthologies
1 Early Accounts of Arthur, Chronicles, and Historical Literature
Early References to Arthur
Arthur in Welsh Literature
Saints' Lives
Geoffrey of Monmouth and his Influence
Other Latin Chronicles
The Continuing Chronicle Tradition in England and Scotland
Arthur's Death and Survival
Historical Verse
Historical Drama
Historical Novels
Bibliography
2 The Romance Tradition
Chrétien de Troyes and the Beginnings of the Romance Tradition
The Influence of Chrétien de Troyes
Lancelot and Guinevere
Romances with Non-traditional Heroes
Lanval and Launfal
Chastity Tests
Ballads
Bibliography
3 Malory, His Influence, and the Continuing Romance Tradition
Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur
From Malory to Tennyson
Lady of Shalott / Elaine of Astolat
Other Victorian Poets
Parodies and Criticisms of Tennyson
Arthurian Youth Groups and their Influence
Illustrating Malory and Tennyson
The Continuing Romance Tradition in Poetry
The Continuing Romance Tradition in Drama, Music, and Film
The Continuing Romance Tradition in Fiction
Bibliography
4 The Holy Grail
Chrétien de Troyes's Perceval and its Continuations and Translations
Robert de Boron and the Prose Adaptations of his Work
Perlesvaus
Peredur and Sir Perceval of Galles
Tyolet and Related Tales
Wolfram von Eschenbach and his Influence
The Grail in the Vulgate (or Lancelot-Grail) and the Post-Vulgate Cycles and Henry Lovelich's Translation
Joseph of Arimathea
The Grail from Malory to Victorian England
American Interpretations of the Grail
Jessie Weston and T. S. Eliot
Twentieth-Century British Interpretations of the Grail
The Grail in Popular Culture
Bibliography
5 Gawain
Gawain Romances Other than English
English Gawain Romances
Reworkings of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Loathly Lady
The Fair Unknown
Gawain and his Family in Later Literature
Bibliography
6 Merlin
The Origins of Merlin
Prophecies of Merlin
Merlin in Medieval Romance
Tom Thumb
Merlin in Drama
Merlin in Modern Poetry
Merlin in Modern Fiction
Merlin in Popular Culture
Bibliography
7 Tristan and Isolt
Tristan in Welsh Literature
The Common and Courtly Versions of the Tristan Story
The Prose Tristan and its Influence
Palamedes
Tristan and Isolt in the Victorian Age
Tristan Plays
The Tristan Legend in Twentieth-Century Verse
Tristan and Isolt in Fiction
Tristan and Isolt in Film
Bibliography
Afterword
Arthurian People, Places, and Things
Index
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