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From medieval history and romance through various twentieth-century renderings, this collection of essays considers themes, characters, and events of the legend and the meanings they impart. Sir Thomas Malory, Chrétien de Troyes, Mark Twain, Thomas Berger, Marion Zimmer Bradley, C. J. Cherryh, and other prose writers are discussed as are comic books and other genres.BooknewsScholars of popular culture turn their attention to various expressions of the Arthurian legend, most from the 20th century, with a more balanced consideration of women (writers, characters, and critics) than has traditionally been the case. Among the topics are the image of Morgan Le Fay, postmodern Arthur, Mark Twain, Joseph Campbell, and several recent movies. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction1Female Heroes, Heroines and Counter-Heroes: Images of Women in Arthurian Tradition5Morgan Le Fay: Goddess or Witch?18Thoroughly Modern Morgan: Morgan le Fey in Twentieth-Century Popular Arthuriana24Gotham's Dark Knight: The Postmodern Transformation of the Arthurian Mythos36Mark's Merlin: Magic vs. Technology in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court46C.J. Cherryh's Arthurian Humanism56In Her Own Right: The Guenevere of Parke Godwin68Joseph Campbell and the Power of Arthurian Myth80Berger's Mythical Arthur Rex85Waxing Arthurian: The Lyre of Orpheus and Cold Sassy Tree96The Matter of Britain in English and American Popular Music (1966-1990)104Vivien, Elaine, and the Model's Gaze: Cameron's Reading of Idylls of the King111Transforming the Myth: The Use of Arthurian Material in the Church Universal and Triumphant132Variations on Arthurian Legend in Lancelot du Lac and Excalibur144Hollywood's Myopic Medievalism: Excalibur and Malory's Morte d'Arthur156Acting Out an Old Story: Twentieth-Century Tristan Plays162The Knight-Poets of Logres: Narrative Voices in Charles Williams' Arthurian Poems173Contributors183
