| Description |
224 pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 221. |
| Contents |
The Welsh tradition: The annals of Wales, The history of the Britons, The life of St. Carannog -- The history of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth : The mythical history of Arthur's reign -- The death of Arthur -- Culhwch and Olwen (from the Mabinogion) : The accomplishement of the Great Tasks -- The lay of Sir Launfal by Marie de France -- Yvain or the Knight with the Lion by Chŕétien de Troyes : Yvain wins Laudine -- Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg : Tristan and Iseult in exile -- Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach : Parzival learns about the Grail -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : Gawain's journey and the adventures at the Green Chapel -- The most piteous tale of the Morte Arthur Saunz Guerdon by Sir Thomas Malory : The day of destiny, the dolorous death and departing -- The Tudor historians : Polydore Vergil, John Leland -- The gothick revival. The grave of King Arthur by Thomas Wharton -- The misforturnes of Elphin by Thomas Love Peacock -- The Victorian image of the legends. Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson, "Lancelot and Elaine" -- Tristam and Iseult by Matthew Arnold -- The defence of Guenevere by William Morris -- Tristam of Lyonesse by Algernon Swinburne -- The twentieth century. Taliessin through Logres by Charles Williams, "The crowning of Arthur", "Taliessen at Lancelot's Mass" -- The once and fugure king by T.H. White. |
| Subject |
Arthurian romances.
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| Added Author |
Barber, Richard W.
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| ISBN |
0822606003 |
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9780822606000 |
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