The Arthurian material collected in this volume ranges widely in time and space, from a Latin romance based on Welsh sources to the post-Christian Arthur of modern fiction and film. It begins with a tribute to the late Derek Brewer, a reprinting of the classic introduction to his edition of the last two tales of Malory's 'Morte Darthur'. Further subjects covered include a possible source manuscript for Malory's first tale; the 'Arthuricity' of the little-known Latin romance 'Arthur and Gorlagon'; images of sterility and fertility in the continuations of Chrétien's 'Conte du Graal'; and early modern responses to Geoffrey of Monmouth's account of Arthur's dealings withRome. Norris Lacy ranges widely over the evolution of the Arthurian legend, and Ronald Hutton considers representations of both Christian and pagan religion in modern novels and cinema. The volume ends with a bibliographical supplement on recent additions to Arthurian fiction.
Author(s): Elizabeth Archibald, David F. Johnson (eds.)
Publisher: D. S. Brewer
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 228
City: Cambridge
General Editors’ Foreword vii
List of Contributors ix
I. Introduction to the 'Morte Darthur', 'Parts 7 and 8' / Derek Brewer 1
II. Malory’s Text of the 'Suite du Merlin' / Jonathan Passaro 39
III. Why Arthur at all? The Dubious Arthuricity of 'Arthur and Gorlagon' / Amanda Hopkins 77
IV. The Aesthetics of Communication: Sterility and Fertility in the 'Conte del Graal Cycle' / Thomas Hinton 97
V. 'Whyche thyng semeth not to agree with other histories...': Rome in Geoffrey of Monmouth and his early modern readers / Siân Echard 109
VI. Arthurian Texts in their Historical and Social Context / Norris J. Lacy 131
VII. The Post-Christian Arthur / Ronald Hutton 149
VIII. The Arthurian Legend in Literature, Popular Culture and the Performing Arts, 2004–2008 / Edited by Raymond H. Thompson and Norris J. Lacy 171
