HelenFulton (dir.), A Companion to Arthurian Literature
Blackwell Publishing, collection "Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture", janvier2009, 588 p.
- ISBN (Hardcover) :978-1-4051-5789-6
Description de l'éditeur
ThisCompanion offers a chronological sweep of the canon of Arthurian literature -from its earliest beginnings to the contemporary manifestations of Arthur foundin film and electronic media. Part of the popular series, Blackwell Companionsto Literature and Culture, this expansive volume enables a fundamentalunderstanding of Arthurian literature and explores why it is still integral tocontemporary culture.
* Offers a comprehensive survey from theearliest to the most recent works
* Features an impressive range ofwell-known international contributors
* Examines contemporary additions to theArthurian canon, including film and computer games
* Underscores an understanding of Arthurianliterature as fundamental to western literary tradition
Table
List ofIllustrations.
Notes onContributors.
Introduction:Theories and Debates: Helen Fulton (Swansea University).
Part I TheArthur of History.
1 The Endof Roman Britain and the Coming of the Saxons:.
AnArchaeological Context for Arthur? Alan Lane.
2 EarlyLatin Sources: Fragments of a Pseudo-Historical Arthur N. J. Higham.
3 Historyand Myth: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae Helen Fulton.
4 TheChronicle Tradition Lister M. Matheson.
Part IICeltic Origins of the Arthurian Legend.
5 TheHistorical Context: Wales and England 800–1200 Karen Jankulak andJonathan M. Wooding.
6 Arthurand Merlin in Early Welsh Literature: Fantasy and Magic Naturalism HelenFulton.
7 TheArthurian Legend in Scotland and Cornwall Juliette Wood.
8 Arthurand the Irish Joseph Falaky Nagy.
9 MigratingNarratives: Peredur, Owain, and Geraint Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan.
Part IIIContinental Arthurian Traditions.
10 The“Matter of Britain” on the Continent and the Legend ofTristan and Iseult in France, Italy, and Spain.
Joan TaskerGrimbert.
11 Chrétiende Troyes and the Invention of ArthurianCourtly Fiction Roberta L. Krueger.
12 TheAllure of Otherworlds: The Arthurian Romances in Germany Will Hasty.
13Scandinavian Versions of Arthurian Romance Geraldine Barnes.
14 TheGrail and French Arthurian Romance Edward Donald Kennedy.
Part IVArthur in Medieval English Literature.
15 TheEnglish Brut Tradition Julia Marvin.
16Arthurian Romance in English Popular Tradition: Sir Percyvell of Gales, SirCleges, and Sir Launfal.
Ad Putter.
17 EnglishChivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Carolyne Larrington.
18 SirGawain in Middle English Romance Roger Dalrymple.
19 TheMedieval English Tristan Tony Davenport.
Part V FromMedieval to Medievalism.
20 Malory'sMorte Darthur and History Andrew Lynch.
21 Malory'sLancelot and Guenevere Elizabeth Archibald.
22 Maloryand the Quest for the Holy Grail Raluca L. Radulescu.
23 TheArthurian Legend in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries Alan Lupack.
24Scholarship and Popular Culture in the Nineteenth Century David Matthews.
25 Arthurin Victorian Poetry Inga Bryden.
26 KingArthur in Art Jeanne Fox-Friedman.
Part VIArthur in the Modern Age.
27 APostmodern Subject in Camelot: Mark Twain's (Re)vision of.
Malory'sMorte 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.
29Modernist Arthur: The Welsh Revival Geraint Evans.
30Historical Fiction and the Post-Imperial Arthur Tom Shippey.
31 Feminismand the Fantasy Tradition: The Mists of Avalon Jan Shaw.
Part VIIArthur on Film.
32Remediating Arthur Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman.
33 Arthur'sAmerican Round Table: The Hollywood Tradition Susan Aronstein.
34 The Artof Arthurian Cinema Lesley Coote.
35 DigitalDivagations in a Hyperreal Camelot: Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur.
NickolasHaydock.
Index
L'auteur
HelenFulton is Professorof English and Director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Research atSwansea University. She has published widely onmedieval Welsh and English literatures and has related interests in languageand critical theory, particularly narrative. Recent books include MedievalCeltic Literature and Society (2005), an edited collection of articles, andNarrative and Media (2005), a co-authored study of narrative theoryapplied to media texts.