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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends

Mike Ashley
The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends Book PDF

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472114914

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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends by Mike Ashley Pdf

The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends brings together many of the traditional stories about King Arthur along with several new interpretations of the legend to provide a complete picture of his birth, adventures, romance and fate. it traces Arthur's exploits to gain the sword Excalibur, the conflict with his half sister Morgan, the birth of his bastard son Mordred, and the shadowy influence and fate of Merlin. The collection also follows the adventures of many of Arthur's knights including Sir Balin, Sir Percival, Sir Gawain, Sir Lanval, Sir Marrock, Sir John, Sir Tristan and of course, Sir Lancelot. This culminates in the mighty Quest for the Holy Grail, the breakup of the Round Table, and finally the usurping of the throne by Mordred and the death of Arthur at Camlann. It even looks beyond the death of Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot to a ghostly finale of love immortal. Stories included are: The Winning of a Sword by Howard Pyle The Treason of Morgan le Fay by George Cox The Knight with Two Swords by John Steinbeck Sir Percival of Wales by Roger Lancelyn Green The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Hillaire Belloc The Quest for the Holy Grail by Andrew Lang Guinevere and Lancelot by Andrew machen The Lady of Belec by Phyllis Anne Karr The Quiet Monk by Jane Yolen

Arthurian Legends

Rosalind Kerven
Arthurian Legends Book PDF

Author : Rosalind Kerven
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849946186

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Arthurian Legends by Rosalind Kerven Pdf

The definitive book of stories from Arthurian legend. Delve into the enchanted world of Arthurian legends where you will meet the Knights of the Round Table, Wizard Merlin, King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. With plots full of romance, adventure and enchantment, these fascinating ancient tales have been revived by the author to reflect their origins in oral history and will appeal to a whole new generation of readers. Stories include Elaine Who Loved Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tristan and Isolde and The Enchantment of Merlin, many of which have recently been adapted in modern cinema and remain a fascination within contemporary culture. The book also features detailed notes on each story and mentions specific places in Britain with Arthurian links, including properties such as Tintagel. Beautifully illustrated with images inspired by Arthurian legend by Arthur Rackham and others.

The Arthur of the Iberians

David Hook
The Arthur of the Iberians Book PDF

Author : David Hook
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783162420

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The Arthur of the Iberians by David Hook Pdf

This book fills the Iberian linguistic and geographical gap in Arthurian studies, replacing the now-outdated work by William J. Entwistle (1925). It covers Arthurian material in all the major Peninsular Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician); it follows the spread of Arthurian material overseas with the seaborne expansion of Spain and Portugal from Iberia into America and Asia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; and, as well as examining the specifically Arthurian texts themselves, it traces the continued influence of the medieval Arthurian material and its impact on the society, literature and culture of the Golden Age and beyond, including its presence in Don Quixote, the influential Spanish Arthurian-inspired romance Amadís de Gaula, and in Spanish ballads. Such was its influence that we find an indigenous American woman called ‘Iseo’ (Iseult); and an Arthurian story appeared in an indigenous language of the Philippines, Tagalog, as late as the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

Susan Austin
Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty first Centuries Book PDF

Author : Susan Austin
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781648893315

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Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries by Susan Austin Pdf

The King Arthur we imagine did not exist in history. He is the result of stories told and retold, changed and added to by storytellers for centuries, each making the story reflect the storyteller’s time and values. The chapters in this book look at movies, manga, comic books, a television show, and traditional books released since 1960 to explore some of the ways King Arthur has been reimagined in the past 60 years. Interpreting Avalon High and The Kind Who Would Be King, Camelot 3000 and King Arthur vs. Dracula, Fate/Zero, John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, the influence of Arthurian legend on Harry Potter, Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King, John Boorman’s Excalibur, Jerry Zucker’s First Knight, Antoine Fuqua’s King Arthur, Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword, Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service, Iris Murdoch’s The Time of the Angels, and the BBC series Merlin, the authors find that while we are still interested in the idea of King Arthur, we may also want his story to be more racially and gender inclusive, less elitist, and in some cases, more secular.

The Arthur of the Germans

Anonim
The Arthur of the Germans Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786837370

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The Arthur of the Germans by Anonim Pdf

From the twelfth century onwards the legends of King Arthur and his knights, including the Tristan legend, spread across Europe, producing a vast range of adaptations and new stories. German and Dutch literature were of central importance in this expansion of Arthurian material from the 12th to 16th century. This title deals with this topic.

The Once and Future King

T. H. White
The Once and Future King Book PDF

Author : T. H. White
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547194712

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The Once and Future King by T. H. White Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Arthur of the Italians

Anonim
The Arthur of the Italians Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783161584

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The Arthur of the Italians by Anonim Pdf

This is the first comprehensive book on the Arthurian legend in medieval and Renaissance Italy since Edmund Gardner’s 1930 The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. Arthurian material reached all levels of Italian society, from princely courts with their luxury books and frescoed palaces, to the merchant classes and even popular audiences in the piazza, which enjoyed shorter retellings in verse and prose. Unique assemblages emerge on Italian soil, such as the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa or the innovative Tavola Ritonda, in versions made for both Tuscany and the Po Valley. Chapters examine the transmission of the French romances across Italy; reworkings in various Italian regional dialects; the textual relations of the prose Tristan; narrative structures employed by Italian writers; later ottava rima poetic versions in the new medium of printed books; the Arthurian-themed art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance; and more. The Arthur of the Italians offers a rich corpus of new criticism by scholars who have brought the Italian Arthurian material back into critical conversation.

Reinventing King Arthur

Inga Bryden
Reinventing King Arthur Book PDF

Author : Inga Bryden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351905268

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Reinventing King Arthur by Inga Bryden Pdf

In her systematic reassessment of the remaking of the Arthurian past in nineteenth-century British fiction and non-fiction, Inga Bryden examines the Victorian Arthurian revival as a cultural phenomenon, offering insights into the relationship between social, cultural, religious, and ethnographic debates of the period and a wide range of texts. Throughout, she adopts an intertextual and historical perspective, informed by poststructuralist thinking, to reveal nineteenth-century attitudes towards the past. Starting with a review of the historical evidence available to Victorian writers and an examination of how historians of the time represented Arthur, the author connects Victorian accounts of Arthur's quest to contemporary scientific and historical searches for origins and knowledge, and to his appropriation by competing religious movements. She shows how writers explored the dynamics of heroism by recruiting Arthur and his knights to define codes of chivalric service, and to personify the psychological complexities of love. Finally, the legend of his death and transportation to Avalon is deconstructed and placed in the context of cultural attitudes towards commemorating the dead and theological debates about the afterlife. Inga Bryden engages not only with well-known Arthurian texts by Tennyson, Swinburne, Morris and Rossetti, but with lesser-known works by Bulwer-Lytton, Robert Stephen Hawker, Sebastian Evans, Diana Maria Mulock, Christiana Douglas and Joseph Shorthouse.

King Arthur and His Knights

Howard Pyle
King Arthur and His Knights Book PDF

Author : Howard Pyle
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547752981

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King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle Pdf

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights consists of a large series of episodes in the legend of the mythological first king of Britain King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. First part of the book tells how young Arthur pulled a sword out of an anvil, how he learned of his royal lineage, and how he thus became king. Second part tells the stories of Merlin, Sir Pellias, Sir Gawaine and other noble knights.

The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend

Elizabeth Archibald,Ad Putter
The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend Book PDF

Author : Elizabeth Archibald,Ad Putter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521860598

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The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend by Elizabeth Archibald,Ad Putter Pdf

Covers the evolution of the legend over time and analyses the major themes that have emerged.

The Legends of King Arthur: The Sword in the Stone

Tracey Mayhew
The Legends of King Arthur The Sword in the Stone Book PDF

Author : Tracey Mayhew
Publisher : Legends of King Arthur: Merlin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1782267344

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The Legends of King Arthur: The Sword in the Stone by Tracey Mayhew Pdf

When two boys save an old man from robbers, they learn of a competition in Londinium to decide the next king of Britain. The elder, Kay, is determined to prove himself worthy as a knight or a king. The younger is Arthur, a farm boy through and through - until he sees the sword in the stone.

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends

Ronan Coghlan
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends Book PDF

Author : Ronan Coghlan
Publisher : Collins & Brown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Arthurian romances
ISBN : 1843330059

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The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends by Ronan Coghlan Pdf

A study of Arthurian romance and legend which draws together the different strands of Arthurian myth, from sources as diverse as Geoffrey of Monmouth, Malory, Chretien de Troyes, the Mabinogion, and the English Gawain cycles.

The Arthur of the North

Marianne E. Kalinke
The Arthur of the North Book PDF

Author : Marianne E. Kalinke
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783164554

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The Arthur of the North by Marianne E. Kalinke Pdf

The book is a comprehensive survey of medieval and early modern Arthurian literature in the Scandinavian countries The book analyses the transmission of a foreign courtly literature in the non-courtly culture of Iceland The book surveys the acculturation of foreign narrative and style to indigenous literary forms in the North

King Arthur

Tony Sullivan
King Arthur Book PDF

Author : Tony Sullivan
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526763686

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King Arthur by Tony Sullivan Pdf

An investigation of the evidence for King Arthur based on the earliest written sources rather than later myths and legends. This book differs from the usual Arthur theories in that it favors no particular conjecture simply analyses and clarifies the evidence presenting it all in chronological order. Starting from Roman Britain, the evidence shows how the legend evolved and at what point concepts such as Camelot, Excalibur and Merlin were added. It covers the historical records from the end of Roman Britain using contemporary sources such as they are, from 400-800, including Gallic Chronicles, Gildas and Bede. It details the first written reference to Arthur in the Historia Brittonum c.800 and the later Annales Cambriae in the tenth century showing the evolution of the legend in later Welsh and French stories. While not starting from or aiming at a specific person, the book compares the possibility of Arthur being purely fictional with a historical figure alongside a list of possible suspects. The evidence is presented and the reader is invited to make up their own mind before a discussion of the author’s own assessment. “What impressed me about this book is Sullivan’s passion for this subject and his willingness to go the extra mile to show both sides of the argument . . . It was extremely fascinating to see how he treated this book like a criminal investigation, using different fields of study to figure out the origins of the legend, how it evolved, and whether or not there was a king named Arthur.” —Adventures of a Tudor Nerd

The Book of Arthur

Anonim
The Book of Arthur Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Konecky & Konecky
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1568524986

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The Book of Arthur by Anonim Pdf

Some of the most fascinating and exciting stories about King Arthur and his knights have been almost completely overlooked. The Book of Arthur offers an extensive selection of these forgotten tales with an introduction detailing their origins and their place in the Arthurian tradition.