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Legends of Arthur (Paperback, New edition)
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Legends of Arthur (Paperback, New edition)
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This anthology shows the diversity of the Arthurian legends and
their many sources by presenting contrasting versions of the
stories of Arthur, Gawain, Tristan and other medieval Arthurian
heroes - and heroines. The image of Arthur has haunted the poets
and writers of western Europe for nearly nine centuries, and there
is no sign of an end to the reign of the "once and future king" in
the world of literature. The Arthurian epic is as popular a subject
now as it was when it was first fashioned, and the stories about
Arthur and the heroes associated with him come in a bewildering
number of guises. The sheer variety of the legends, both in style
and content, is extraordinary; and this collection attempts to
present, in a small space, something of this diversity. Sir Thomas
Malory, half a millennium ago, plundered a whole range of sources
to create his masterpiece, Le Morte Darthur; buthe did so to weld
them together within the framework of Arthur's own career. Legends
of King Arthur draws on different sources, but emphasises the way
in which writers have created new stories around the great heroes,
or have told the stories in different ways. So there are two
versions of each hero's exploits. Arthur is shown as emperor and
warlord, and as the triumphant and tragic king of the romances,
betrayed by Lancelot and Guinevere. Gawain is the central figure of
the wonderful adventures of a Dutch romance, and the courtly and
subtle hero of the English masterpiece Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight. Tristan appears as the single-minded lover of Iseult in the
original version of his story, and then as a knight of the Round
Table whose devotion to chivalry is almost as great as his passion
for his beloved. In these differing versions, we can see how the
Arthurian romances held the medieval world spellbound for so long,
in all their colour and variety. RICHARD BARBER's books on Arthur
include Arthurian Legends: An Illustrated Anthology, King Arthur:
Hero and Legend and Myths and Legends of theBritish Isles.
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