A Companion to Arthurian Literature

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5789-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 588 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 1202 g

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

Ein vollständiger Überblick über die englische Sprache, von ihrem germanischen und indoeuropäischen Ursprung bis hin zum modernen britischen und amerikanischen Englisch. Auch Varianten des Englischen, deren Ursprünge auf das britische Kolonialreich zurückgehen, werden dargestellt.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fulton, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.

Notes on Contributors.

Introduction: Theories and Debates: Helen Fulton (Swansea University).

Part I The Arthur of History.

1 The End of Roman Britain and the Coming of the Saxons:.

An Archaeological Context for Arthur? Alan Lane.

2 Early Latin Sources: Fragments of a Pseudo-Historical Arthur N. J. Higham.

3 History and Myth: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae Helen Fulton.

4 The Chronicle Tradition Lister M. Matheson.

Part II Celtic Origins of the Arthurian Legend.

5 The Historical Context: Wales and England 800-1200 Karen Jankulak and Jonathan M. Wooding.

6 Arthur and Merlin in Early Welsh Literature: Fantasy and Magic Naturalism Helen Fulton.

7 The Arthurian Legend in Scotland and Cornwall Juliette Wood.

8 Arthur and the Irish Joseph Falaky Nagy.

9 Migrating Narratives: Peredur, Owain, and Geraint Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan.

Part III Continental Arthurian Traditions.

10 The "Matter of Britain" on the Continent and the Legend of Tristan and Iseult in France, Italy, and Spain.

Joan Tasker Grimbert.

11 Chrétien de Troyes and the Invention of Arthurian Courtly Fiction Roberta L. Krueger.

12 The Allure of Otherworlds: The Arthurian Romances in Germany Will Hasty.

13 Scandinavian Versions of Arthurian Romance Geraldine Barnes.

14 The Grail and French Arthurian Romance Edward Donald Kennedy.

Part IV Arthur in Medieval English Literature.

15 The English Brut Tradition Julia Marvin.

16 Arthurian Romance in English Popular Tradition: Sir Percyvell of Gales, Sir Cleges, and Sir Launfal.

Ad Putter.

17 English Chivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Carolyne Larrington.

18 Sir Gawain in Middle English Romance Roger Dalrymple.

19 The Medieval English Tristan Tony Davenport.

Part V From Medieval to Medievalism.

20 Malory's Morte Darthur and History Andrew Lynch.

21 Malory's Lancelot and Guenevere Elizabeth Archibald.

22 Malory and the Quest for the Holy Grail Raluca L. Radulescu.

23 The Arthurian Legend in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries Alan Lupack.

24 Scholarship and Popular Culture in the Nineteenth Century David Matthews.

25 Arthur in Victorian Poetry Inga Bryden.

26 King Arthur in Art Jeanne Fox-Friedman.

Part VI Arthur in the Modern Age.

27 A Postmodern Subject in Camelot: Mark Twain's (Re)vision of.

Malory's Morte Darthur in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Robert Paul Lamb.

28 T. H. White's The Once and Future King Andrew Hadfi eld.

29 Modernist Arthur: The Welsh Revival Geraint Evans.

30 Historical Fiction and the Post-Imperial Arthur Tom Shippey.

31 Feminism and the Fantasy Tradition: The Mists of Avalon Jan Shaw.

Part VII Arthur on Film.

32 Remediating Arthur Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman.

33 Arthur's American Round Table: The Hollywood Tradition Susan Aronstein.

34 The Art of Arthurian Cinema Lesley Coote.

35 Digital Divagations in a Hyperreal Camelot: Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur.

Nickolas Haydock.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Fulton is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Research at Swansea University. She has published widely on medieval Welsh and English literatures and has related interests in language and critical theory, particularly narrative. Recent books include Medieval Celtic Literature and Society (2005), an edited collection of articles, and Narrative and Media (2005), a co-authored study of narrative theory applied to media texts.