King Arthur : in legend and history / edited by Richard White ; foreword by Allan Massie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

White, Richard, 1950 July 1-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arthur, King.

Arthur.

Arthur, King--Legends.

Britons--Kings and rulers.

Legends.

Britons.

Britons--Kings and rulers--Legends.

Arthurian romances.

Genre:

Legends.

Physical Description:

xxv, 570 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1998.

Summary:

Beginning with the earliest recorded stories, King Arthur in Legend and History illustrates the growth of the mythical figure of Arthur through the medieval period.

Presenting selections from medieval Latin, Welsh, English, French and German++ literature, Richard White traces the Arthurian legend from the earliest mentions of Arthur in Latin chronicles, to Geoffrey of Monmouth's first major contribution to Arthurian legend, to Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Many of these selections have previously been available only to scholars and are translated here for the first time into English.

Bringing together an extensive range of diverse material which reveals the development of the figure of Arthur, this anthology enables the reader to understand how the Arthurian legend developed over a period of more than five hundred years. King Arthur in Legend and History also includes a chronology of key Arthurian texts, an appendix of the Arthurian Courts, a list of sources, suggestions for further reading and bibliography.

Notes:

Originally published: London : J.M. Dent, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [564]-568).

ISBN:

0415920639

OCLC:

38096910