{"product_id":"a-companion-to-arthurian-literature-isbn-9780470672372","title":"A Companion to Arthurian Literature","description":"This \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e offers a chronological sweep of the canon of Arthurian literature - from its earliest beginnings to the contemporary manifestations of Arthur found in film and electronic media. Part of the popular series, Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, this expansive volume enables a fundamental understanding of Arthurian literature and explores why it is still integral to contemporary culture.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a comprehensive survey from the earliest to the most recent works\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures an impressive range of well-known international contributors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines contemporary additions to the Arthurian canon, including film and computer games\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderscores an understanding of Arthurian literature as fundamental to western literary tradition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Theories and Debates 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Fulton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Arthur of History \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The End of Roman Britain and the Coming of the Saxons: An Archaeological Context for Arthur? 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Lane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Early Latin Sources: Fragments of a Pseudo-Historical Arthur 30\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eN. J. Higham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 History and Myth: Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Fulton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Chronicle Tradition 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLister M. Matheson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Celtic Origins of the Arthurian Legend \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Historical Context: Wales and England 800–1200 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren Jankulak and Jonathan M. Wooding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Arthur and Merlin in Early Welsh Literature: Fantasy and Magic Naturalism 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Fulton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Arthurian Legend in Scotland and Cornwall 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJuliette Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Arthur and the Irish 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph Falaky Nagy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Migrating Narratives: Peredur, Owain, and Geraint 128\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCeridwen Lloyd-Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Continental Arthurian Traditions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The “Matter of Britain” on the Continent and the Legend of Tristan and Iseult in France, Italy, and Spain 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoan Tasker Grimbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Chrétien de Troyes and the Invention of Arthurian Courtly Fiction 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoberta L. Krueger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Allure of Otherworlds: The Arthurian Romances in Germany 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWill Hasty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Scandinavian Versions of Arthurian Romance 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeraldine Barnes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Grail and French Arthurian Romance 202\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Donald Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Arthur in Medieval English Literature \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The English Brut Tradition 221\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulia Marvin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Arthurian Romance in English Popular Tradition: Sir Percyvell of Gales, Sir Cleges, and Sir Launfal 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAd Putter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 English Chivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarolyne Larrington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Sir Gawain in Middle English Romance 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoger Dalrymple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Medieval English Tristan 278\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTony Davenport\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V From Medieval to Medievalism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e295\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Malory’s Morte Darthur and History 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Lynch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Malory’s Lancelot and Guenevere 312\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Archibald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Malory and the Quest for the Holy Grail 326\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaluca L. Radulescu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Arthurian Legend in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries 340\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Lupack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Scholarship and Popular Culture in the Nineteenth Century 355\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Matthews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Arthur in Victorian Poetry 368\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eInga Bryden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 King Arthur in Art 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeanne Fox-Friedman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Arthur in the Modern Age \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e401\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 A Postmodern Subject in Camelot: Mark Twain’s (Re)Vision of Malory’s Morte Darthur in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 403\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Paul Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 T. H. White’s The Once and Future King 420\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Hadfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Modernist Arthur: The Welsh Revival 434\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeraint Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Historical Fiction and the Post-Imperial Arthur 449\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTom Shippey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Feminism and the Fantasy Tradition: The Mists of Avalon 463\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Arthur on Film \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e479\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Remediating Arthur 481\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Arthur’s American Round Table: The Hollywood Tradition 496\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Aronstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 The Art of Arthurian Cinema 511\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLesley Coote\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Digital Divagations in a Hyperreal Camelot: Antoine Fuqua’s King Arthur 525\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNickolas Haydock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 543\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Even so, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Arthurian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is without a doubt a very useful collection of essays with up-to-date guides for reading and a bibliography that students and non-specialists will find very handy.\" (\u003ci\u003eBesprechungen\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"This is a volume which will be of particular use to students and scholars of English-though it will be equally useful, no doubt, to readers from other traditions who need a quick, but scholarly and exhilarating, introduction largely to the English-language Arthur.\" (\u003ci\u003eArthuriana\u003c\/i\u003e, 21 January 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A must for anyone interested in the many aspects of the Arthurian legend, the book includes abundant references (including to primary sources) that will serve both those approaching this material for the first time and those pursuing complete knowledge of the subject.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE,\u003c\/i\u003e 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If the coverage is impressive, it is matched by the content.... Any library that covers English literature and popular culture will find this a very worthwhile and popular acquisition for a range of student, academic and other interested readers.\" (\u003ci\u003eLanguages and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, Autumn 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Medieval Literature in the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. She has published extensively on medieval Welsh and English literatures and has related interests in language and critical theory, particularly narrative and discourse. Other books which she has edited include \u003ci\u003eMedieval Celtic Literature and Society\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eUrban Culture in Medieval Wales\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis companion is a complete guide to the canon of Arthurian literature, from its earliest beginnings to contemporary manifestations of Arthur in film and media. Leading scholars review Arthurian legends and their transformations across time, from language to language, text to film, medieval to modern.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning with the debate about the “historical” Arthur and his Celtic origins, this volume chronicles the transmission and reception of the legend throughout Britain and Europe. Arthurian legends from medieval to Victorian literature are surveyed and the iconography of Arthurian themes in art is explored. The symbolic role of Arthur in modernist literature ushers in the twentieth century, while feminist and fantasy fiction bring Arthur into post-imperial contexts. Finally, the companion highlights the rebirth and legacy of the Arthurian legend in contemporary film and digital media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart of Wiley-Blackwell’s popular Companions to Literature and Culture series, this expansive volume enables a rich understanding of the many forms of Arthurian literature and why the legend lives on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988602470629,"sku":"NP9780470672372","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470672372.jpg?v=1761780931","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-arthurian-literature-isbn-9780470672372","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}