Camelot In The Nineteenth Century, Vol. 97

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Author: Laura C. Lambdin

ISBN-10: 0313311242

ISBN-13: 9780313311246

Category: Ancient & Medieval Literature

For centuries, accounts of King Arthur and his court have fascinated historians, scholars, poets, and readers. Each age has added material to reflect its own cultural attitudes, but no era has supplemented the earlier versions more than the poets of the Medieval Revival of nineteenth-century England. This book examines how Arthurian legend was read and rewritten during that period by four enduring writers: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, William Morris, and Algernon Charles Swinburne....

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Studies the Victorian adaptation of Arthurian legends in the works of Tennyson, Arnold, Morris, and Swinburne.

Introduction1Arthurian Legends: Origins to the Nineteenth Century12Alfred Tennyson133Matthew Arnold514William Morris715Algernon Swinburn1076Final Remarks143Selected Bibliography147Index155