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Gawain and the Green Knight (New edition): Alan Lupack Gawain and the Green Knight (New edition)
Alan Lupack; Edited by Jk Jackson
R267 R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Save R50 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A mighty warrior interrupts King Arthur's banquet to challenge the astonished revellers to a binding act of combat. Out of sheer bravado Gawain leaps to the fray and his actions lead to a series of strange and incredible adventures. The perfect companion to Beowulf, Gawain is a treasure of medieval literature, brought to life in the 2021 movie Green Knight starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander and Joel Edgerton. An Arthurian legend of note it revels in its Celtic origins, playing with the mysteries of chivalric romance, the warrior hero and the deeper truths of eternal life. FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

Arthurian Drama: An Anthology - An Anthology (Paperback): Alan Lupack Arthurian Drama: An Anthology - An Anthology (Paperback)
Alan Lupack
R1,376 Discovery Miles 13 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This anthology reproduces six plays based on stories of King Arthur from a variety of periods. Originally published in 1991, it offers a comprehensive discussion of Arthurian Drama in introduction and also provides an appendix listing printed scripts in English that address Arthurian legend.

Arthurian Drama: An Anthology - An Anthology (Hardcover): Alan Lupack Arthurian Drama: An Anthology - An Anthology (Hardcover)
Alan Lupack
R4,266 Discovery Miles 42 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This anthology reproduces six plays based on stories of King Arthur from a variety of periods. Originally published in 1991, it offers a comprehensive discussion of Arthurian Drama in introduction and also provides an appendix listing printed scripts in English that address Arthurian legend.

Arthurian Literature by Women - An Anthology (Hardcover): Alan Lupack, Barbara T. Lupack Arthurian Literature by Women - An Anthology (Hardcover)
Alan Lupack, Barbara T. Lupack
R4,007 Discovery Miles 40 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Arthurian Literature by Women: An Anthology" is a collection of Arthurian poems, stories, and plays by women, from Marie de France to the present, all of which are either significant examples of Arthurian literature or innovative interpretations of Arthurian tradition. Rather than reproducing brief selections from contemporary novels that are readily available, the volume collects and reprints works that have generally been overlooked by students of the Arthurian legend. The volume will be especially interesting to those studying or teaching Women and the Arthurian Legend or any other aspect of myth, fantasy, popular literature, or women's studies.

Modern Arthurian Literature - An Anthology of English & American Arthuriana from the Renaissance to the Present (Paperback,... Modern Arthurian Literature - An Anthology of English & American Arthuriana from the Renaissance to the Present (Paperback, New)
Alan Lupack
R1,643 Discovery Miles 16 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days




eBook available with sample pages: HB:0815300557

Modern Arthurian Literature - An Anthology of English & American Arthuriana from the Renaissance to the Present (Hardcover,... Modern Arthurian Literature - An Anthology of English & American Arthuriana from the Renaissance to the Present (Hardcover, New)
Alan Lupack
R3,994 Discovery Miles 39 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Series Information:
Arthurian Characters and Themes

The Fortunes of King Arthur (Hardcover): Norris J. Lacy The Fortunes of King Arthur (Hardcover)
Norris J. Lacy; Contributions by Alan Lupack, Alison Stones, Caroline Eckhardt, Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, …
R3,075 Discovery Miles 30 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

King Arthur in Pop Culture (Paperback): Elizabeth S. Sklar, Donald L. Hoffman King Arthur in Pop Culture (Paperback)
Elizabeth S. Sklar, Donald L. Hoffman; Foreword by Alan Lupack
R959 R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Save R282 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The legend of King Arthur has embedded itself in British and American culture. Twentieth century and contemporary America, in particular, has proved to be a rich breeding ground for the Arthurian mythos, not only in films, novels, short stories, and fantasy and science fiction, but in other areas of popular and mass culture as well.

This work is a collection of 19 previously unpublished essays by the authors that demonstrate the great extent to which the Arthurian legend continues to permeate contemporary culture beyond film and literature. The essays cover the Arthurian legend in economics, ethics, education, entertainment, music, fun and games, the Internet, and esoterica.

Arthurian Literature by Women - An Anthology (Paperback): Alan Lupack, Barbara T. Lupack Arthurian Literature by Women - An Anthology (Paperback)
Alan Lupack, Barbara T. Lupack
R1,265 Discovery Miles 12 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Arthurian Literature by Women: An Anthology is a collection of Arthurian poems, stories, and plays by women, from Marie de France to the present, all of which are either significant examples of Arthurian literature or innovative interpretations of Arthurian tradition. Rather than reproducing brief selections from contemporary novels that are readily available, the volume collects and reprints works that have generally been overlooked by students of the Arthurian legend. The volume will be especially interesting to those studying or teaching Women and the Arthurian Legend or any other aspect of myth, fantasy, popular literature, or women's studies.

King Arthur in America (Paperback): Alan Lupack, Barbara Tepa Lupack King Arthur in America (Paperback)
Alan Lupack, Barbara Tepa Lupack
R1,117 Discovery Miles 11 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first full-length study to focus exclusively on American reinterpretations of the Arthurian legends. The Arthurian legends have had an immense and enduring appeal in America, influencing both America's own mythologies and its literature, film, social history, and popular culture. This is the first full-length study to focus exclusively on American re-interpretations of Arthuriana, and it offers detailed treatments of major authors traditionally associated with the legends, including Mark Twain, Edwin Arlington Robinson, T.S. Eliot, and John Steinbeck; italso explores the important use of Arthurian material by authors not usually considered in an Arthurian context, and by lesser-known writers. Among the topics addressed in the chronological survey are the beginnings of American Arthurian literature and the different reactions to Tennyson; satire and parody; the moralising of knighthood and the development of a body of didactic literature for children; and the reinterpretations of Arthurian tradition in theworks of contemporary writers such as Walker Percy and John Updike. A concluding chapter analyses Arthurian themes in American popular fiction and film and demonstrates the extent to which the Arthurian tradition has influenced American popular culture. The volume is completed with a comprehensive bibliography. ALAN LUPACK is Curator of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester; BARBARA TEPA LUPACKis former AcademicDean at SUNY and Fulbright Professor of American Literature in Poland and France.

New Directions in Arthurian Studies (Hardcover): Alan Lupack New Directions in Arthurian Studies (Hardcover)
Alan Lupack; Contributions by Barbara Tepa Lupack, Bonnie Wheeler, David Staines, Derek S. Brewer, …
R2,229 Discovery Miles 22 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Eleven essays bring Arthurian studies into the 21st century, including film and black popular culture. 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 criticism, Arthurian fiction, and Arthurian film. Contributors: ROBERT BLANCH, DEREK BREWER, P.J.C. FIELD, SIAN ECHARD, PETER GOODRICH, KEVIN HARTY, NORRIS J. LACY, BARBARATEPA LUPACK, DAVID STAINES, RAYMOND THOMPSON, JULIAN WASSERMAN, BONNIE WHEELER.

The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend (Paperback, New edition): Alan Lupack The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend (Paperback, New edition)
Alan Lupack
R449 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R82 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend is both a critical history of the Arthurian tradition and a reference guide to Arthurian works, names, and symbols. It offers a comprehensive survey of the legends in all of their manifestations, from their origins in medieval literature to their adaptation in modern literature, arts, film, and popular culture. Not only does it analyse familiar Arthurian characters and themes, it also demonstrates the tremendous continuity of the legends by examining the ways that they have been reinterpreted over the years. For instance, the motif of the abduction of Guinevere can be traced from Chretien de Troyes's Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart and the vulgate cycle of French romances in the 13th century, to Malory's retelling of the story in the Morte d'Arthur, through various modern adaptations like those in T. H. White's The Once and Future King and the contemporary film First Knight. This indispensable reference guide contains seven essays that trace the development of the Arthurian legend, encyclopedic entries, bibliographies, and a comprehensive index. The essays explore the chronicle and romance traditions, the influence of Malory, the Grail legend, the figures of Gawain and Merlin, and the story of Tristan and Isolt. The entries, which highlight key Arthurian characters, symbols, and places, offer quick and easy references. The extensive chapter-by-chapter bibliographies, which are subdivided by topic, augment the general bibliography of Arthurian resources. Comprehensive in its analysis and hypertextual in its approach, The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend is an essential reference book for Arthurian scholars, medievalists, and for those interested in cultural studies of myth and legend.

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