King Arthur In Legend and History (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: White, Richard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting selections from medieval Latin, Welsh, English, French and German literature, Richard White traces the Arthurian legend from the earliest mentions of Arthur in Latin chronicles to Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Many of these selections are translated here for the time into English.Bringing together an extensive range of diverse material which reveals the development of the figure of Arthur, this anthology enables the reader to understand how the Arthurian legend developed over a period of more than five hundred years. King Arthur in Legend and History also includes a chronology of key Arthurian texts, an appendix of the Arthurian Courts, a list of sources, suggestions for further reading and bibliography. Also inlcludes five maps.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136609824
• Artikelnr.: 44991049

Autorenporträt

Richard White is Visiting Lecturer at Tamagawa University, Tokyo.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on the Editor
Chronology of Key Arthurian Texts
Foreword
Introduction
Note on the Text
Maps
King Arthur in Legend and History
Part I: Early Works
Part 2: Geoffrey of Monmouth and the 'Brut' Chronicle Tradition
Part 3: Arthur in Early French Romance
Part 4: The Vulgate Cycle
Part 5: Later French Romance
Part 6: German and English Romances
Part 7: Historical Texts
Appendix: Arthurian Courts
Notes
List of Sources
Suggestions for Further Reading
Bibliography
Acknowledgements