Modern Arthurian Literature: An Anthology of English & American Arthuriana from the Renaissance to the Present

ISBN-13: 9780815300557 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 504 str.

Alan Lupack

Opis

Some 30 poems, stories, and excerpts include treatments of Arthurian themes by John Leland, Swift, Wordsworth, Swineburne, Hawthorne, Charles Williams, John Ciardi, and others. Essays introduce each of the four chronological sections, but could have provided more information about some of the less

Recenzje

"A concise history of Arthurian literature...useful for undergraduate courses...your library will probably want a copy, and if you are interested in modern versions of Arthurian material, you will too." -- Science Fiction Research Association Review

Spis treści

Part 1 The Renaissance to the Nineteenth Century; Introduction; Chapter 2 The Assertion of King Arthure, Richard Robinson, John Leland; Chapter 3 From: The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser; Chapter 4 The Speeches at Prince Henries Barriers1. The celebration in honor of the investiture of Henry, eldest son of King James, as Prince of Wales in 1610., Ben Jonson; Chapter 5 A Famous Prediction of Merlin, The British Wizard, Written Above a Thousand Years Ago, And Relating to the Year 1709 With Explanatory Notes by T.N. Philomath Written in the Year 1709, Jonathan Swift; Chapter 6 Tom Thumb, Henry Fielding; Chapter 7 The Marriage of Sir Gawaine, Bishop Thomas Percy; Chapter 8 The Egyptian Maid or The Romance of the Water-Lily, William Wordsworth; Part 2 The Victorians; Chapter 9 Introduction; Chapter 10 The Lady of Shalott, Lord Tennyson Alfred; Chapter 11 Sir Galahad, Lord Tennyson Alfred; Chapter 12 Merlin and the Gleam, Lord Tennyson Alfred; Chapter 13 The Defence of Guenevere, William Morris; Chapter 14 King Arthur's Tomb, William Morris; Chapter 15 The Day before the Trial, Algernon Charles Swinburne; Chapter 16 Lancelot, Algernon Charles Swinburne; Chapter 17 Tristram and Iseult, Matthew Arnold; Chapter 18 From: The Feasts of Camelot, Mrs. T. K. Hervey; Chapter 19 King Arthur A Drama in a Prologue and Four Acts, J. Comyns Carr; Part 3 America; Chapter 20 Introduction; Chapter 21 The Vision of Sir Launfal, James Russell Lowell; Chapter 22 The Antique Ring, Nathaniel Hawthorne; Chapter 23 Kathanal, Katrina Trask; Chapter 24 From: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Howard Pyle; Chapter 25 Guenevere, Sara Teasdale; Chapter 26 Merlin, Edwin Arlington Robinson; Part 4 The Modern Period; Chapter 27 Introduction; Chapter 28 Gwenivere Tells, John Masefield; Chapter 29 The Death of Lancelot As Told by Gwenivere, John Masefield; Chapter 30 Mount Badon, Charles Williams; Chapter 31 The Coming of Galahad, Charles Williams; Chapter 32 Merlin Enthralled, Richard Wilbur; Chapter 33 Launcelot in Hell, John Ciardi; Chapter 34 From: Book IX of Arthur Rex, Thomas Berger; Chapter 35 The Naming of the Lost, Valerie Nieman Colander; Chapter 36 Guenever Speaks, Wendy M. Mnookin;

O autorze

Alan Lupack