The Scots and medieval Arthurian legend / edited by Rhiannon Purdie and Nicola Royan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Purdie, Rhiannon.

Royan, Nicola.

Series:

Arthurian studies 0261-9814 ; 61.

Arthurian studies, 0261-9814 ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arthur, King--Homes and haunts--Scotland.

Arthur.

Arthur, King.

Romances, Scottish.

Celtic antiquities.

Legends.

History.

Historiography.

Scotland--History--To 1057--Historiography.

Scotland.

Legends--Scotland--History and criticism.

Britons--Kings and rulers--Folklore.

Britons.

Scotland--Antiquities, Celtic.

Romances, Scottish--Sources.

Arthurian romances--Sources.

Arthurian romances.

Scotland--In literature.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

viii, 156 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2005.

Contents:

Introduction: Tartan Arthur? / Rhiannon Purdie and Nicola Royan

Where does Britain end?: the reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Scotland and Wales / Juliette Wood

The testimony of writing: Pierre de Langtoft and the appeals to history, 1291-1306 / Thea Summerfield

The fine art of faint praise in older Scots historiography / Nicola Royan

The Roman de Fergus: parody or pastiche? / Tony Hunt

Lancelot of the Laik: sources, genre, reception / Elizabeth Archibald

Sir Lamwell in Scotland / Priscilla Bawcutt

The search for Scottishness in Golagros and Gawane / Rhiannon Purdie

'Of an uncouthe stede': the Scottish knight in Middle English Arthurian romances / Cory J. Rushton

Dead butchers and fiend-like queens: literary and political history in The misfortunes of Arthur and Macbeth / Andrew King

Reinventing Arthur: representations of the matter of Britain in medieval Scotland and Catalonia / Sergi Mainer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1843840367

OCLC:

56347946