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The Fortunes of King Arthur (Hardcover)
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The Fortunes of King Arthur (Hardcover)
Series: Arthurian Studies
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An examination of both the role played by Fortune in Arthurian
literature and legend, and the fortunes of the legend itself. The
essays in this volume offer a general overview and a number of
detailed examinations of Arthur's fortunes, in two senses. First is
the role of Fortune itself, often personified and consistently
instrumental, in accounts of Arthur's court and reign. More
generally the articles trace the trajectory of the Arthurian legend
- its birth, rise and decline - through the middle ages. The final
essay follows the continued turning of Fortune's wheel,
emphasizingthe modern revival and flourishing of the legend. The
authors, all distinguished Arthurian scholars, illustrate their
arguments through studies of early Latin and Welsh sources,
chronicles, romances [in English, French, German, Italian, Latin
and Welsh], manuscript illustration and modern literary texts.
Contributors: CHRISTOPHER A. SNYDER, SIAN ECHARD, EDWARD DONALD
KENNEDY, W.R.J. BARRON, DENNIS H. GREEN, NORRIS LACY, CERIDWEN
LLOYD-MORGAN, JOAN TASKER GRIMBERT, ALISON STONES, NEIL THOMAS,
JANE H.M. TAYLOR, CAROLINE D. ECKHARDT, ALAN C LUPACK.
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