Author: John Jay ParryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Review of "Arthurian Legend in the 17th. Century" (Roberta F.Brinkley).
Author: John Jay ParryArthurian Legend in the Seventeenth Century
Author: Roberta Florence BrinkleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131765689X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The study of the Arthurian legend in the 1600s has revealed almost no romance; the stories are more about the truth of Arthur’s existence and his exploits, with influence due to political bearing of the royalty versus parliament at the time. This fascinating study elucidates the differences between the stories of the seventeenth century and those more well-known now and looks at the development of the literature in line with the political climate and its links with Arthurian prophecy and lineage. Originally published 1932 and again in 1967.
The Return of King Arthur
Author: Beverly TaylorPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0859911365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The revival of interest in Arthurian legend in the 19th century was a remarkable phenomenon, apparently at odds with the spirit of the age. Tennyson was widely criticised for his choice of a medieval topic; yet The Idylls of the Kingwere accepted as the national epic, and a flood of lesser works was inspired by them, on both sides of the Atlantic. Elisabeth Brewer and Beverly Taylor survey the course of Arthurian literature from 1800 to the present day, and give an account of all the major English and American contributions. Some of the works are well-known, but there are also a host of names which will be new to most readers, and some surprises, such as J. Comyns Carr's King Arthur, rightly ignored as a text, but a piece oftheatrical history, for Sir Henry Irving played King Arthur, Ellen Terry was Guinevere, Arthur Sullivan wrote the music, and Burne-Jones designed the sets. The Arthurian works of the Pre-Raphaelites are discussed at length, as are the poemsof Edward Arlington Robinson, John Masefield and Charles Williams. Other writers have used the legends as part of a wider cultural consciousness: The Waste Land, David Jones's In Parenthesis and The Anathemata, and the echoes ofTristan and Iseult in Finnigan's Wake are discussed in this context. Novels on Arthurian themes are given their due place, from the satirical scenes of Thomas Love Peacock's The Misfortunes of Elphin and Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court to T.H. White's serio-comic The Once and Future King and the many recent novelists who have turned away from the chivalric Arthur to depict him as a Dark Age ruler. The Return of King Arthurincludes a bibliography of British and American creative writing relating to the Arthurian legends from 1800 to the present day.
Sir Thomas Malory
Author: Marylyn ParinsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134783892
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Collected Critical Heritage will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes.
Arthurian Legend in the Seventheenth Century
Author: Roberta Florence BrinkleyPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Arthurian Legend in the Aeventeenth Century
Author: Roberta Florence BrinkleyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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University Bibliography
Author: New York UniversityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Journal of Mormon History
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latter Day Saint churches
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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The Phoenix and the Ladder
Author: C. A. PatridesPublisher: Berkeley University of California Press 1964
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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