Elizabeth Archibald & David F. Johnson 
Arthurian Literature XXVI 

Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. Delivers some fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues. TIMES LITERARYSUPPLEMENT



The Arthurian material collected in this volume ranges widely in time and space, from a Latin romance based on Welsh sources to the post-Christian Arthur of modern fiction and film. It begins with a tribute to the late Derek Brewer, a reprinting of the classic introduction to his edition of the last two tales of Malory’s Morte Darthur. Further subjects covered include a possible source manuscript for Malory’s first tale; the ’Arthuricity’ of the little-known Latin romance Arthur and Gorlagon; images of sterility and fertility in the continuations of Chretien’s Conte du Graal; and early modern responses to Geoffrey of Monmouth’s account of Arthur’s dealings with Rome. Norris Lacy ranges widely over the evolution of the Arthurian legend, and Ronald Hutton considers representations of both Christian and pagan religion in modern novels and cinema. The volume ends with a bibliographical supplement on recent additions to Arthurian fiction.



CONTRIBUTORS: Derek Brewer, Jonathan Passaro, Amanda Hopkins, Thomas Hinton, Sian Echard, Norris Lacy, Ronald Hutton, Raymond Thompson.

Innehållsförteckning

General Editors’ Preface

Introduction to the
Morte Darthur,
Parts 7 and 8 – Derek S Brewer

Malory’s Text of the
Suite du Merlin – Jonathan Passaro

Why Arthur at all? The Dubious Arthuricity of
Arthur and Gorlagon – Amanda Hopkins

The Aesthetics of Communication: Sterility and Fertility in the
Conte del Graal Cycle – Thomas Hinton

’Whyche thyng semeth not to agree with other histories…’: Rome in Geoffrey of Monmouth and his early modern readers – Sian Echard

Arthurian Texts in their Historical and Social Context – Norris J. Lacy

The Post-Christian Arthur – Ronald Hutton

Supplement: The Arthurian Legend in Literature, Popular Culture, and the Performing Arts, 2004-2008 – Raymond H Thompson

Supplement: The Arthurian Legend in Literature, Popular Culture, and the Performing Arts, 2004-2008 – Norris J. Lacy

Om författaren

DAVID F. JOHNSON is Professor of English at Florida State University, Tallahassee.