H. Fulton (dir.), A Companion to Arthurian Literature

Helen Fulton (dir.), A Companion to Arthurian Literature Blackwell Publishing, collection "Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture", janvier 2009, 588 p.

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Description de l'éditeur

This Companion offers a chronological sweep of the canon of Arthurian literature - from its earliest beginnings to the contemporary manifestations of Arthur found in film and electronic media. Part of the popular series, Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, this expansive volume enables a fundamental understanding of Arthurian literature and explores why it is still integral to contemporary culture.

* Offers a comprehensive survey from the earliest to the most recent works

* Features an impressive range of well-known international contributors

* Examines contemporary additions to the Arthurian canon, including film and computer games

* Underscores an understanding of Arthurian literature as fundamental to western literary tradition

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Notes on Contributors.

Introduction: Theories and Debates: Helen Fulton (SwanseaUniversity).

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

L'auteur

Helen Fulton is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Research at SwanseaUniversity. 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.