King Arthur in Popular Culture
The legend of King Arthur is embedded in British and American culture. Contemporary America, in particular, is a rich breeding ground for the Arthurian mythos, not only in films, novels, short stories, and fantasy and science fiction, but in other areas of popular and mass culture as well. \ This work is a collection of 18 previously unpublished essays that demonstrate the impressive extent to which the Arthurian legend continues to permeate contemporary culture beyond film and literature....
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The legend of King Arthur is embedded in British and American culture. Contemporary America, in particular, is a rich breeding ground for the Arthurian mythos, not only in films, novels, short stories, and fantasy and science fiction, but in other areas of popular and mass culture as well. This work is a collection of 18 previously unpublished essays that demonstrate the impressive extent to which the Arthurian legend continues to permeate contemporary culture beyond film and literature. The essays cover the Arthurian legend in economics, ethics, education, entertainment, music, fun and games, the Internet, and esoterica.BooknewsArthurianists, medievalists, and more general scholars of literature and art history wander away from academia into the market place and from there into some fairly exotic corners of modern culture where the king waits his bidding to return. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Foreword1Preface5Marketing Arthur: The Commodification of Arthurian Legend9Defending the Domestic: Arthurian Tropes and the American Dream24Tingagel: The Best of English Twinkie36Arthur, Popular Culture, and World War II45King Arthur and Vietnam59The Documentary Arthur: Reflections of a Talking Head77Was That in the Vulgate? Arthurian Legend in TV Film and Series Episodes87Knights in Space: The Arthur of Babylon 5 and Dr. Who101Arthurian Animation at Century's End111Sing a Song of Arthur123Arthurian Pop: The Tradition in Twentieth-Century Popular Music138Camelot in Comics169Knights of Imagination: Arthurian Games and Entertainments182In the Lists: The Arthurian Influence in Modern Tournaments of Chivalry197King of the World (Wide Web): Arthur on the Internet209Merlin in the Public Domain219Arthurian Legend in Tarot233The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere in a New Age249About the Contributors259Index263
\ BooknewsArthurianists, medievalists, and more general scholars of literature and art history wander away from academia into the market place and from there into some fairly exotic corners of modern culture where the king waits his bidding to return. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
