New Directions in Arthurian Studies

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Author: Alan Lupack

ISBN-10: 0859916421

ISBN-13: 9780859916424

Category: Ancient & Medieval Literature

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...

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Eleven essays bring Arthurian studies into the 21st century, including film and black popular culture.

PrefaceArthurian Research in a New Century: Prospects and Projects1Malory and His Audience21The Paradoxes of Honour in Malory33"Hic est Artur": Reading Latin and Reading Arthur49Judging Camelot: Changing Critical Perspectives in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight69Tennyson's Guinevere and Her Idylls of the King83Darkness over Camelot: Enemies of the Arthurian Dream97King Arthur and Black American Popular Culture105The Project of Arthurian Studies: Quondam et Futurus123"Arthur? Arthur? Arthur?" - Where Exactly Is the Cinematic Arthur to Be Found?135Merlin in the Twenty-First Century149Index163