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New Directions in Arthurian Studies
Edited by Alan Lupack

Eleven essays by leading Arthurians lead off with an overview of the field suggesting directions that Arthurian studies must take to remain vital. Other essays contain innovative approaches, overviews of specific areas of Arthurian studies, and suggestions for new ways to approach Arthurian material; they range over Malory, Latin Arthurian literature, Gawain and the Green Knight, Merlin in the twenty-first century, Tennyson's Idylls, Arthur in African-American culture, current trends in criticism, Arthurian fiction, and Arthurian film. Contributors include: ROBERT BLANCH, DEREK BREWER, P.J.C. FIELD, SIAN ECHARD, PETER GOODRICH, KEVIN HARTY, NORRIS J. LACY, BARBARA TEPA LUPACK, DAVID STAINES, RAYMOND THOMPSON, JULIAN WASSERMAN, BONNIE WHEELER.

 

DETAILS

4 b/w illustrations
181 pages
Size: 23.4 x 15.6 cm
13 digit ISBN: 9780859916424
Binding: Hardback
First published: 01/Jul/2002
Price: 105.00 USD / 55.00 GBP
Imprint: D. S. Brewer
Series: Arthurian Studies
Subject: Medieval Literature

BIC class: CSB

STATUS: Available
Details updated on 05/01/2009

Contents
1   Arthurian Research in a New Century: Prospects and Projects
Norris J Lacy
2   Malory and His Audience
Peter J.C. Field
3   The Paradoxes of Honour in Malory
Derek S Brewer
4   'Hic est Artur': Reading Latin and Reading Arthur
Sian Echard
5   Judging Camelot: Change in Critical Perspectives in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [with Julian N. Wasserman]
Robert J Blanch and Julian N Wasserman
6   Tennyson's Guinevere and Her Idylls of the King
David Staines
7   Darkness over Camelot: Enemies of the Arthurian Dream
Raymond H Thompson
8   King Arthur and Black American Popular Culture
Barbara Tepa Lupack
9   The Project of Arthurian Studies: Quondam et Futurus
Bonnie Wheeler
10   'Arthur? Arthur? Arthur?' - Where Exactly is the Cinematic Arthur to be Found?
Kevin J Harty
11   Merlin in the Twenty-First Century
Peter H Goodrich

Reviews
A fitting witness to witness to the state of Arthurian studies at the turn of the millenium. An essential summation of Arthurian scholarship [that] directs us towards the probable future of Arthurian studies. ARTHURIANA



 

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