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From: tittle@ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore)
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.books,news.answers
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Subject: Arthurian Booklist (rec.arts.books)
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Supersedes: <books/arthurian_719989215@athena.mit.edu>
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Date: 19 Nov 1992 06:00:28 GMT
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New category: "Magazines and Articles" and "Organizations" added.
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This is a reading list involving the Arthurian legend. For its
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original inception, I would like to thank the readers of the Camelot
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mailing list (address is listed in Organizations). I wrote a good
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many of the original reviews when I was a member, but since then a
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number of people have submitted additional references for inclusion
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into this list.
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My criterion for these books is that it be concerned with the Arthur
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legend in some way. I have several categories:
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* Fiction: novelizations of the Camelot legend, or novels that use
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elements of the legend.
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* Poetry: poetic renditions of the legend.
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* Non-Fiction and research: includes research into the origin of the
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legends, speculation on who the original characters might have
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been, studies and critiques of medieval sources, literary
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criticism, etc.
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* Medieval and Early Texts: original or modern translations of texts
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written before 16th century or so (an arbitrary divison point I
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used).
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* Magazines and Articles: references that appear in magazines and
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articles. These are typically research notes.
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* Arthurian references: novelizations that use the legend in a minor
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way or as secondary characters.
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* Celtic Fiction: reworkings (novelizations) of traditional Celtic
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stories. I suppose I could have a category for research into
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celtic fiction, but the ones I consider relevant are in the
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non-fiction and research section above.
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* Organizations: finally, I provide a list of organizations dealing
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with the Camelot legend. This is not meant to be exhaustive.
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In general, related stories are acceptable (such as Tristam and
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Iseult). Out-of-time stories are acceptable as long as they still
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center on the Arthur myth (Kennealy's _Hawk's Gray Feather_) or are
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talking about his return (_Sir Machinery_ and others). References to
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Arthurian elements are also acceptable, but I do not put all of them
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in (a complete listing would be very large!); only the ones that seem
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interesting. The Celtic works are included, because many of them
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apparently provide an early genesis for the Arthurian stories, and
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others are stories derived from minor characters in the Arthurian
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stories (or perhaps the other way around, characters from well known
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stories got honorable mention in these later stories --- who can
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tell?).
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Disclaimer: I have not vouched for the accuracy of each and every
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entry in this list. If you find mistakes or have additional
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information on a reference, by all means, let me know. I likewise
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appreciate any additions to this list. Send them to the addresses at
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the end of this posting.
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Thanks to: Kurt Anderson, Shannon Appel (of the Camelot mailing list),
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Richard Barber, Ben Cohen, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, Peter Davis, James
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Drew, Gary D. Duzan, A.T. Fear, Scott Federhen, Margaret Martin
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Gardiner, Roger Gardiner, Susan Gere, Steve Hartwell, Sandra Hereld,
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Peter Janes, Jane Lean, David Lester, David Librik, Dave Linton,
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William D.B. Loos, Melchar, Kevin McGuire, Alex Martelli, Francis
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Muir, Kimberly Passarella, Craig Presson, Stephen Reimer, William
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Smith, Steve Thomas, Scott Vandenbe, Janet Walz, Tom Wicklund, Darren
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Williams, Jean Wilson, Mary Winters, Erick "a six foot hobbit," and MJ
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aka "classic bitch" for their help in putting this list together.
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Table of Contents:
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1. Fiction
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2. Poetry
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3. Non-Fiction and research
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4. Medieval and Early Texts
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5. Magazines and Articles
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6. Arthurian references
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7. Celtic Fiction
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8. Organizations.
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1. Fiction
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_The Romance of King Arthur_ (Mayflower, 1979. Reprint of 1917
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Edition. ISBN 08317-7460-6.)
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Ashley, Mike, _The Pendragon Chronicles_ (Peter Bedrick Books, New York,
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1991. ISBN 0-87226-228-6. paperback.) Anthology includes stories by
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Andre Norton, John Steinback and Jane Yolen.
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Berger, Thomas, _Arthur Rex_. Berger is the author of _Little Big
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Man_, _Neighbors_, and a number of other books. This retelling of the
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Arthur legend is somewhat reminiscent of the movie "Excalibur" in
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feel.
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer, _The Mists of Avalon_ (Del Rey. Ballantine
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Books, New York, 1982. ISBN 0-345-35049-9. Hardcover and trade
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paperback.) A female oriented and positive rendition of the Arthurian
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legend. Considerably more sympathetic to pagan religions (although
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depicted as modern neopaganism) than to Christianity.
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Bradshaw, Gillian, _Hawk of May, _Kingdom of Summer, _In Winter's
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Shadow_ (Menthuen Paperbacks, Great Britain also Signet Books, 1980
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also hardcover by Simon and Schuster.) The story of Gwalchmai, one of
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Arthur's Knights. He is god-touched with fighting madness and is one
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of the brothers of Medraut (Mordred). _Down the Long Wind_ is the single
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book volume version of the three books.
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Bulfinch, Thomas, _Age of Chivalry: or, King Arthur and His Knights_
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(John D. Morris, Philadelphia, 1898, many reprints). Published in
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their own right, also found in _Bulfinch's Contains long summaries of
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the Camelot legends and of the French Charlemagne legends.
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Canning, Victor. _The Crimson Chalice_. Originally published as _La
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Leggenda del Calice Cremisi_. Translated by Patrizia Rognoni, Codice
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Libro 22 006 CN, Casa Editrice Nord S.r.l., via Rubens 25, 20148
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Milano, Italia; Copyright by Victor Canning 1976, 1977, 1978, and for
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the Italian edition by the publisher in 1990 (first edition, of the
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Italian translation, June 1990). An "Arthur as Celtic Chieftain"
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book, with nice twists.
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Carmichael, Douglas, _Pendragon: an Historical Novel_ (Blackwater
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Press, New York, dist. by Exposition Press, 1977). Arthurian
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romances -- adaptions.
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Chapman, Vera, _The King's Damosel_, _The Green Knight_, and _King
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Arther's Daughter_. Out of print.
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Christian, Catherine, _The Pendragon_ (Warner Books, 1978.) A story
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told by Bedivere (the original lover of Guinevere before Lancelot
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was added to the legend by the French in the 14th century or so).
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David, Peter, _Knight Life_ (Ace Fantasy, 1987.) A comedic book
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about Arthur's return in modern day.
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Gemmell, David. _Ghost King_ and _Last Sword of Power_. A fictional
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account of the life and times of Arthur, bearing little resemblance to
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the usual myths.
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Gross, Gwen, _Knights of the Round Table_ (Illustrated by Norman
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Green, Random House, New York, 1985).
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Finkel, George, _The Twilight Province_ (London: Angus & Robinson,
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1967.) This is an excellent "young adult" tale about a late Roman,
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northern Arthur based on the Bamburgh Castle, Newcastle/Tyne area of
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northeastern Britain.
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Fraser, Antonia, _King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table_
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(Illustrated by Rebecca Fraser, Knopf, Random House, New York, 1970).
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First published under title: _King Arthur_. Retellings of seventeen
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tales about King Arthur, Lancelot, Gawaine, Tristram, and other
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knights of the Round Table. Juvenile.
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French, Allen, _Sir Marrok, a tale of the days of King Arthur_ (The
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Century Co., New York, 1902).
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Frith, Henry, _King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table_ (G.
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Routledge and Sons, London/New York, 1884).
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Frost, William Henry, _The Court of King Arthur; Stories from the
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land of the Round Table_ (Illustrated by Sydney Richmond Burleigh, C.
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Scribners Sons, New York, 1903).
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Gloag, John, _Artorius Rex_ (New York: St. Martin's, 1977.) This is
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the final volume in a late Roman trilogy with two "pre-Arthurian"
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novels titled _The Caesar of the Narrow Seas_ and _The Eagles Depart_.
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_Artorius Rex_ is another Romano-Celtic tale which attempts a
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historical reconstruction.
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Godwin, Parke, _The Last Rainbow_, _Fire Lord_, _Beloved Exile_
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(Bantam Books). His characters are terrific, the sense of time and
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place eye opening. Arthur in the beginning is a native officer in the
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Roman legions guarding the northern borders.
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Godwin, Parke, _Invitation to Camelot_ (Ace, 1988.) An anthology
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including stories by Tanith Lee, Morgan Llywelyn, Elizabeth
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Scarborough and Jane Yolen.
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Haar (Hoar?), J. T. _King Arthur_ (New York: Crane Russak, c.1967,
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1975.)
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Hanratty, Peter, _The Book of Mordred_ and _The Last Knight of Albion_
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(Ace Fantasy and Bluejay Books. ISBNs 0-441-07018-3 and
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0-312-94271-8. Paperback and trade paperback.) A retelling of the
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Arthurian legend in a bizarre mix of modern and ancient times.
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Hanson, Charles Henry, _Stories of the Days of King Arthur_ (With
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illustrations by Gustave Dore, T. Nelson, London/Edinbugh/New York,
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1898).
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Hastings, Selina, _Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady_ (Lothrop, Lee &
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Shepard Books, New York, 1985).
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Humble, William F. _A Tale of Arthur_ (Anthony Blond, London, 1967).
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Jones, Courtway, _In the Shadow of the Oak King_. It apparently
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tries to tell the story in a historically 'realistic' setting (i.e.,
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without grafting the high middle ages onto sixth century Britain).
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Jones, Mary J., _Avalon_ (The Naiad Press, ISBN: 0-941483-96-7, 1991).
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This is set in the closing days of King Arthur's reign and mostly
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concerns the Lady of the Lake at that time (Argante, whom I don't
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believe appears in any legend; her predecessor is Nimue), with some
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recounting of her childhood. Definitely a feminist reading, and not
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as well done as _Mist of Avalon_, for example. It is also curiously
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incomplete. More books may be planned.
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Katz, Welwyn Wilton, _The Third Magic_ (Groundwood Books/Douglas &
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McIntyre, ISBN (bound): 0-88899-068-5 (pbk): 0-88899-126-6, 1988). A
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"young adult" book, this one has one of the more imaginative
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retellings of the Arthurian legend.
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Kennealy, Patricia, _The Hawk's Gray Feather_ (ROC (division of
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Penguin Books), ISBN 0-451-45053-1, 1990). First in _The Tales of
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Arthur_, a series in which the later books have not yet been
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published. Builds upon the world of _The Silver Branch_, _The Copper
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Crown_ and _The Throne of Scone_ in which the Sidhe were aliens. This
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book is set much earlier. A good fantasy/SF blend.
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Lanier, Sidney, ed., _King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table_,
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(Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. ISBN 0-448-06016-7.) A reasonable children's
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version. The Scribner, New York edition is illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
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Original copyright in 1924.
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Lang, Andrew, _Tales of the Round Table_ (London, New York :
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Longmans, Green, 1923). Based on the tales in the _Book of Romance_
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edited by Andrew Lang.
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Latymer, Baron Francis Burdett Thomas Coutts-Nevill, _The Romance of
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King Arthur_, (London, John Lane; New York, John Lange Co. 1907).
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Lawhead, Stephen, _Taliesin_, _Merlin_, _Arthur_ (Avon Books, plus
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British and Australian printings. 1988). _Pendragon_ is supposed to
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complete this series, but I haven't seen it in print yet. Lawhead is
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an excellent writer and these stories make a very good read.
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McDermott, Gerald, _The Knight of the Lion_ (New York : Four Winds
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Press, c1979). Juvenile: a retelling of the adventures of Sir Yvain
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and his faithful lion, as the young knight goes through several
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trials to prove himsself worthy of a great triumph.
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McGowen, Tom, _Sir Machinery_ (Folet Publishing Company, Chicago, 1970.
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ISBN 0-695-40167-X hardback, 0-695-80167-8 trade paperback.) An amusing
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children's tale set in modern days. Based upon the notion that King
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Arthur will come back to save Britain again.
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Marshall, Edison, _The Pagan King_ (Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1959).
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Matthews, John, ed., _An Arthurian Reader: Selections from Arthurian
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Legend, Scholarship, and Story_ (Aquarian Press, Sterling Publishing
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Company, New York, 1988).
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Monaco, Richard, _Parsival or a Knight's Tale_, _The Grail War_, and
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_The Final Quest_ (Berkley Books, New York, 1983. ISBN 0-425-05143-9.
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Paperback).
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Munn, H. Warner, _Merlin's Godson_ (1st Ballantine Books ed. New York:
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Ballantine Books, c1976). Originally published as 2 separate works:
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_King of the World's Edge_ and _The Ship from Atlantis_.
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Munn, H. Warner, _Merlin's Ring_, (New York, Ballantine Books
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[1974]). Sequel or related to _Merlin's Godson_.
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Newell, William Wells, _King Arthur and the table round : tales
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chiefly after the Old French of Crestien of Troyes : with an account
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of Arthurian romance, and notes_ (1897).
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Newman, Sharon, _Guinevere, The Chessboard Queen_, _?_, _Guinevere
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Evermore_ (New York: St. Martin's, 1981).
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Norton, Andre, _Merlin's Mirror_ (Daw Books, 1975.) Merlin is a half-
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breed: human and space alien, and the war between light and darkness
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is recast into a war between two space going races. The premise is
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bizarre, but Norton makes it work well.
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Philip, Neil. _The tale of Sir Gawain_ (illustrated by Charles
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Keeping. New York : Philomel Books, 1987).
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Powers, Tim, _The Drawing of the Dark_. Ambrosius and the Fisher-King.
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Price, Robert, _The Last Pendragon_ (Walker and Co. NY 1991) Telling
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of Bedwyr, last of the Knights after the Fall, and Irion, son of
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Mordred, and the Saxon threat to what's left of old Britain. Arthur
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himself appears only in the prolog. "Tactics" oriented.
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Pyle, Howard, _The story of King Arthur and his knights_ (New York :
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C. Scribner's Sons, 1904, c1903).
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Seare, Nicholas, _Rude Tales and Glorious_ (Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.,
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New York. Hardback). Classic rendition. Title says it all. This is
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a retelling of the Arthurian tales. Merlin is a two bit con
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artist/pimp, Gwen is a whore that enjoys giving out free samples,
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Arthur is Merlin's assistant. It is a riot.
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Service, Pamela F., _Winter of Magic's Return_, _Tomorrow's Magic_
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(Atheneum, New York, 1987). Five hundred years after the Devastation
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destroys modern civilization, the young Merlin and two friends
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succeed in bringing back King Arthur to Britain in the grip of a
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nuclear winter and together they struggle to build a new and better
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society despite the evil plotting of Morgan Le Fay. Juvenile fiction.
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Stone, Eugenia, _Page boy for King Arthur_, (illustrated by Rafaello
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Busoni. Chicago : Follett Publishing Co., c1949).
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Stone, Eugenia, _Squire for King Arthur_, (illustrated by Rafaello
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Busoni. Chicago : Follett Pub. Co., 1955).
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Stafford, Greg, and others. _King Arthur Pendragon_. (Chaosium Inc.,
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950-A 56th Street, Oakland, CA 94608. ISBN: 0-933635-59-1.) Other
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books in the same series: _The Boy King_, by Greg Stafford, ISBN
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0-933635-78-8; _The King Arthur Companion_, by Phyllis Ann Karr, ISBN
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0-993635-17-6; _Knights Adventurous_, by Greg Stafford, ISBN
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0-933635-70-2. This is part of an excellent role playing game, but
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the books are worth reading by themselves as well. There are several
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books the game is made of, purchaseable separately. Most of it is a
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very detailed glossary of people in the various versions of the saga
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(with primacy to Mallory's), but almost half of it is spent on similar
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glossaries of notable places, of special "things", and many other
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fascinating tidbits, such as an attempt at a self-consistent
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chronology of Arthur's reign, and so on.
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Steinbeck, John, _The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights_
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(Del Rey. Paperback.) Rendition of Le Morte D'Arthur into modern
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day English. Not complete.
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Stewart, Mary, _The Crystal Cave_, _The Hollow Hills_, _The Last
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Enchantment_, and _The Wicked Day_ (Fawcett Crest.) A modern
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retelling of the legend. The first three are narrated by Merlin,
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and the last in third person.
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Stone, Brian, translater. _Sir Gawain and the Green Knight_.
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(Penguin Books, many reprints. c1959. ISBN 0-14-044092-5.)
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Beautiful translation.
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Sutcliff, Rosemary, _Sword at Sunset_ (Coward-McCann, Inc, New York,
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1963. Hardcover and paperback available.) A telling of Arthur as he
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might actually have been, a local Celtic warlord.
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Sutcliff, Rosemary, _The Light Beyond the Forest_ (1979) and _The
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Sword in the Circle_ (1981) (London: Bodley Head.) You can see from
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the dates that these are somewhat later than her adult novel _Sword at
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Sunset_. They are technically "young adult" titles.
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Sutcliff, Rosemary, _The road to Camlann_ (1st ed. New York :
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Dutton, 1982). The evil Mordred, plotting against his father King
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Arthur, implicates the Queen and Sir Lancelot in treachery and brings
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about the downfall of Camelot and the Round Table. "Young adult."
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Talbott, Hudson, _King Arthur : The Sword in the Stone_ (New York :
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Books of Wonder, 1991).
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Tolstoy, Nikolai, _The Coming of the King: A Novel of Merlin_ (Bantam
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Books, 1989. Trade paperback.) Very closely based on the Welsh
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mabinogion -- poetry rendered into prose. Makes no attempt at
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"realism": the grotesquely fantastic has its day here. Lyrical
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writing, worth reading. Long.
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Treece, Henry, _The Great Captains_ (New York: Random House, 1956.)
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This is another sort of Celtic late Roman novel with characters such
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as Artos the Bear/Artorius, dux bellorum, Bedwyr, Cie, Medrawt, and
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Drostan. An excellent story, but not one for the squeamish.
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Troughton, Joanna, _Sir Gawain and the loathly damsel_ (retold and
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illustrated by Joanna Troughton. 1st ed. New York : Dutton, 1972).
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Adapted from an anonymous fifteenth-century poem, The Weddynge of Sir
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Gawen and Dame Ragnell: in order to obtain the answer to a riddle
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that will save King Arthur's life, Sir Gawain must marry the ugliest
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maiden in the world. Juvenile.
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Turton, Godfrey, _The Emperor Arthur_, (Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday,
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1967). This is another late Roman historical reconstruction. Highly
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recommended.
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Twain, Mark, _A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court_ (many
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editions).
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White, Terence Hanbury, _The Once and Future King_ and _The Book of Merlin_
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(Berkley Books, ISBNs: 0-425-06310-0 & 0-425-07282-7, respectively.
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Original copyrights in 1939 and 1940). A retelling of the legend from
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the earliest stories. More comedic than some of the other versions.
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Be warned, _The Book of Merlin_ rehashes many themes and stories from
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TOFK. It's good, but if you experience deja-vu while reading it,
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well, that's why. _The Witch in the Wood_ [???]
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Wolf, Joan, _The Road to Avalon_ (Onyx Novels, a subdivision of
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Penguin Books.) A romantic retelling, casting familiar characters
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into startlingly different relationships.
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Woolley, Persia, _Child of the Northern Spring_, _Queen of the Summer
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Stars_, _Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn_ (Poseidon Press, New York,
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London, Toronto, etc.) The story of the life of Guinivere, from her
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point of view.
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Yolen, Jane, _The Dragon's Boy_ (Harper and Row, New York, 1990).
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Children's fiction. Young Arthur meets a dragon and comes to accept
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him as a friend and mentor.
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Yolen, Jane, _Merlin's Booke: Thirteen Stories and Poems about the
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Arch-Mage_ (Berkley Publishing Group, Ace Fantasy, New York, 1986).
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2. Poetry
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_Lancelot of the Laik_. A Scottish metrical romance, about 1490-1500
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A.D. Re-edited from a manuscript in the Cambridge University Library,
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with an introd., notes, and glossarial index, by W. W. Skeat. London,
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New York, Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford
|
|
University Press [1965].
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Carley, James P., introduction. _Mathew Arnold and William Morris_
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(_Arthurian Poets_ series, Woodbridge, Suffolk, and Rochester, NY:
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Boydell Press 1990, ISBN: 0-85115-544-8). Arnold's "Tristram and
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Iseult" is the first modern English retelling of the Tristram legend,
|
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a melancholy interpretation of the theme; Morris' different approach
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apparent in the rich sensuality of his "The Defence of Guenevere."
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Carley, James P., ed., introduction. _A.C. Swinburne_ (_Arthurian
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Poets_ series, ISBN: 0-85115-546-4). Some of Swinburne's most
|
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important poetry recreates the Arthurian legends from a modern
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perspective. Includes _Tristram of Lyonesse_.
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Carley, James P., ed., introduction. _E.A. Robinson_ (_Arthurian
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Poets_ series, ISBN: 0-85115-545-6). Robinson's Arthurian poems,
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published between 1917 and 1927 won him a Pulitzer Prize.
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Dodds, David, ed., introduction. _Charles William_ (_Arthurian Poets_
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series, ISBN: 0-88115-291-0). Contains _Taliessin through Logres_ and
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_The Region of the Summer Stars_, as well as twenty-four of William's
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earlier poems on Arthurian themes from his collection _The Advent of
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|
Galahad_ (many never published before), and fragments designed to form
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a sequel to _Region_ which also appear for the first time.
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Hole, Richard, _Arthur; or, The northern enchantment_ (GGJ and J
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Robinson, London, 1798). A poetical romance, in seven books.
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Lupack, Alan, ed., _Arthur, the Greatest King: an Anthology of Modern
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Arthurian Poems_ (forword by Raymond H. Thompson, Garland, New York,
|
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1988).
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Lytton, Baron Edward Bulwer, _King Arthur_ (London, Henry Colburn, 1849).
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Maynadier, Howard, _The Arthur of the English Poets_ (Boston, New
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York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1907).
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Robinson, Edwin Arlington, "Merlin"(1917), "Lancelot"(1920) and
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"Tristram"(1927). Verse retelling of the Arthur legend. The last one
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won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
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Tennyson, Lord Alfred, _Idylls of the King_ (Signet, 1961.)
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About the _Arthurian Poets_ series: A volume on John Masefield is in
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preparation. All the volumes contain the complete Arthurian poetry of
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each author; for example, the Charles Williams volume has much
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previously unpublished poetry.
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3. Non-Fiction and research
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"Bulletin of Bibliography" (July-Sept. 1981, 38(3):128-138,149).
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Contains an Arthurian bibliography.
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Modern language association of America, _A bibliography of critical
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|
Arthurian literature_ (New York City).
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Modern Language Association of America. Arthurian Group. _A
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|
bibliography of Arthurian critical literature_ (v.1-2;
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1922/29-1930/35, New York).
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_The Fall of Camelot_ (by the editors of Time-Life Books, Time-Life
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|
Books, Alexandria, VA [USA], 1986).
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Alcock, Leslie, _Arthur's Britain_ (Penguin Press, 1971).
|
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Documentary evidence of King Arthur's historical existence.
|
|
Alcock has also published much work concerning archaelogical
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excavations of Glastonbury (speculated site of Camelot).
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Andronik, Catherine M., _Quest for a King: Searching for the Real
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|
King Arthur_ (Atheneum, New York, 1989). Surveys the legends
|
|
surrounding King Arthur and examines the historical evidence behind
|
|
them.
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury_
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|
(Dutton, New York, 1958, reprinted). Glastonbury is the legendary
|
|
Avalon, site of Arthur's grave and source of much fanciful speculation
|
|
and scholarly interest. The author reveals Glastonbury's distinctive
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|
character in the dark ages as the meeting place of Saxon and Celt; the
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glory of its Abbey as the center of English and medieval civilization;
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|
and the significance of its legends in the mystical theory of the Holy
|
|
Grail -- a primary factor in the development of European religious
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|
thought.
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _From Caesar to Arthur_ (London: Collins, 1960).
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Ashe, Geoffrey, et al, _Quest for Arthur's Britain_ (Granada, London;
|
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Praeger, New York, 1968; reprinted with new introduction in 1987).
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _King Arthur in Fact and Fiction_ (NY: Nelson, c.1969,
|
|
1971.)
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _Camelot and the Vision of Albion_ (London: Heinemann;
|
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NY: St. Martin's, 1971.)
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _King Arthur in Fact and Legend_ (first US edition,
|
|
Camden, New Jersey/T. Nelson, 1971).
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Ashe, Geoffrey, "A certain very ancient book" _Speculum_ April, 1981,
|
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pp.301-323.
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _Kings and Queens of Early Britain_ (London: Methuen,
|
|
1982.)
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _Avalonian Quest_ (London: Methuen, 1982; London:
|
|
Collins/Fontana, 1984.)
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _Guidebook to Arthurian Britain_ (London: Longman's,
|
|
1980; London: Aquarian Press, 1983.)
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _The Discovery of King Arthur_ (Guild, London, 1985.
|
|
ISBN N/A.) Provides convincing accounts of the historical
|
|
roots of the legends and of who the original Arthur actually was.
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|
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|
Ashe, Geoffrey, _The Landscape of King Arthur_ (Webb & Bower, Exeter;
|
|
M. Joseph, London, 1987).
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Ashe, Geoffrey, _King Arthur: The Dream of a Golden Age_ (Thames and
|
|
Hudson, London, 1990).
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Ashton, Graham, _The Realm of King Arthur_ (Dixon, Newport, Isle of
|
|
Wight, 1974).
|
|
|
|
Barber, Richard. _The Arthurian Legends: An Illustrated Anthology_.
|
|
Here for the first time is a single volume featuring the power and
|
|
range of Arthurian literature from the beginnings to the present day.
|
|
Illustrated.
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|
Barber, Richard, _Arthur of Albion: an introduction to the Arthurian
|
|
Literature and Legends of England_ (London: Boydell Press, 1961.)
|
|
|
|
Barber, Richard, _The Figure of Arthur_ (London: Longman's, 1972.)
|
|
This title surveys the Arthurian controversy, works over the early
|
|
sources, and ends up with Arthur as a modern British national hero.
|
|
|
|
Barber, Richard, _King Arthur; In Legend and History_ (Boydell Press,
|
|
Ipswich, 1973).
|
|
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Barber, Richard, _King Arthur: Hero and Legend_ (Woodbridge, Suffolk,
|
|
and Rochester, NY: Boydell Press 1988, ISBN 0-85115-254-6). Current
|
|
version of _Arthur of Albion_.
|
|
|
|
Barber, Richard, ed., _Arthurian Literature_, vols. I-X. Diverse
|
|
papers and studies.
|
|
|
|
Brengle, Richard L., ed., _Arthur, King of Britain: History, Romance,
|
|
Chronicle & Criticism_, (Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1964).
|
|
With texts in modern English, from Gildas to Malory.
|
|
|
|
Bromwich, Rachel, ed., _The Arthur of the Welsh: the Arthurian Legend
|
|
in Medieval Welsh Literature_ (University of Wales Press, 1991).
|
|
|
|
Chambers, Edmund Kerchever, _Arthur of Britain_ (Barnes and Nobel,
|
|
New York, 1964, original copyright 1927).
|
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|
|
Clancy, Joseph P., _Pendragon: Arthur and his Britain_ (NY: Praeger,
|
|
1971). Examines historical evidence for the existence of King Arthur
|
|
and traces the growth of the Arthurian legend from the tenth century
|
|
to modern times.
|
|
|
|
Coghlan, Ronan, _The Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends_ (Rockport, MA:
|
|
Element, 1991. ISBN 1-85230-199-6.)
|
|
|
|
Darrah, John, _The Real Camelot: Paganism and the Arthurian Romances_
|
|
(Thames and Hudson, New York, 1981).
|
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|
|
Davies, John Glyn, _The Apotheosis of Arthur_ (Llanfairfechan, N.
|
|
Wales, 1962). Reprint of a lecture delivered at the University of
|
|
Uppsala in 1926.
|
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|
|
Dickinson, William Howship, _King Arthur in Cornwall_ (Longmans,
|
|
Green & Co., London/New York, 1900).
|
|
|
|
Dunning, R. W. _Arthur the King in the West_ (NY: St. Martins's, 1988).
|
|
This is an argument for a "Cornish" King Arthur.
|
|
|
|
Entwistle, William James, _The Arthurian Legend in the Literatures of
|
|
the Spanish Peninsula_ (JM Den & Sons, New York/London/Toronto,
|
|
1925).
|
|
|
|
Fife, Graeme, _Arthur the King: the Themes behind the Legends_ (NY:
|
|
Sterling Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0-8069-8344-2.) The development of
|
|
Arthurian literature including the themes of chivalry, courtly love,
|
|
hunting, magic and the Holy Grail. Color, b/w illustrations.
|
|
|
|
Gardner, Edmund Garratt, _The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature_
|
|
(JM Dent & Sons, London; EP Dutton & Co, New York, 1930).
|
|
|
|
Goodrich, Norma L., _King Arthur_ (Harper&Row, 1986. ISBN
|
|
0-06-097182-7.) Also wrote _Merlin_.
|
|
|
|
Jung, Emma and Marie-Louise von Franz, _The Grail Legend_ (Sigo Press,
|
|
1986. ISBN 0-938434-08-X.)
|
|
|
|
Hibbert, Christopher, _The Search for King Arthur_ (London, 1972?)
|
|
Another one of the survey studies of the legend of Arthur.
|
|
|
|
Jaffray, Robert, _King Arthur and the Holy Grail_ an examination of
|
|
the early literature pertaining to the legends of King Arthur and of
|
|
the Holy Grail, together with a brief review of the theories relating
|
|
to the latter-intended... (New York, G.P. Putnam, 1928).
|
|
|
|
Jenkins, Elizabeth _The Mystery of King Arthur_ (NY: Coward, McCann &
|
|
Geoghegan, Inc., 1975; London: George Rainbird, 1975.) This is a
|
|
pictorial coffee book in the best sense of the word. It's the
|
|
standard survey through the material with contemporary illustrations
|
|
ranging from a photograph of the white horse at Uffington and the late
|
|
Roman cataphract from Dura-Europos proceeding through mediaeval
|
|
illustrations, many in colour and ending up with the Victorian
|
|
paintings of William Morris and Edward Burn Jones.
|
|
|
|
Jones, Bedwyr Lewis, _Arthur Y Cymry, The Welsh Arthur_ (University of
|
|
Wales Press, Cardiff, 1975). It discusses in great detail exactly
|
|
what information we have about Arthur, and -- more importantly --
|
|
considers what kind of conclusions can be drawn about the real origins
|
|
of these sources.
|
|
|
|
Jones, William Lewis, _King Arthur in History and Legend_ (Cambridge,
|
|
Eng. University Press, 1911, 1914, 1933).
|
|
|
|
Kittregge, George Lyman, _Arthur and Gorlagon_ (Boston: Ginn and Co.,
|
|
1903).
|
|
|
|
Lacy, Norris J., ed, _The Arthurian Encyclopedia_ (ISBN:
|
|
0-85115-253-8). The first reference book to offer a comprehensive and
|
|
critical treatement of Arthurian topics. This work involves over 50
|
|
scholars and contains a wide range of entries in the arts and media;
|
|
Arthurian characters; history, legend and archaelogy; themes and
|
|
motifs; and a wealth of literature. Illustrated.
|
|
|
|
Lagorio, Valerie M. and Mildred Leake Day, eds., _King Arthur through
|
|
the Ages_ (New York:Garland Pub, 1990).
|
|
|
|
Lampo, Hubert and Pieter Paul Koster, _Arthur and the Grail_ (London:
|
|
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988). Originally published in Dutch under
|
|
_Arthur_. Introduction by Colin Wilson.
|
|
|
|
Lewis, Charles Bertram. _Classical mythology and Arthurian romance_; a
|
|
study of the sources of Chrestien de Toryes' "Yvain" and other
|
|
Arthurian romances, by Charles Bertram Lewis. London, New York [etc.]
|
|
Pub. for St. Andrews university by H. Milford, Oxford university
|
|
press, 1932.
|
|
|
|
Lindsay, Jack, _Arthur and his times : Britain in the Dark Ages_
|
|
(London : Frederick Muller, c1958).
|
|
|
|
Loomis, Roger Sherman, _Arthurian Tradition and Chretien de Troyes_,
|
|
(New York, Columbia University Press [1949]).
|
|
|
|
Loomis, Roger Sherman, _Arthurian legends in medieval art_ (London,
|
|
Oxford University Press; New York, Modern Language Association of
|
|
America, 1938).
|
|
|
|
Loomis, Roger Sherman, _Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages: a
|
|
collaborative history_ (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1959).
|
|
|
|
Loomis, Roger Sherman, _Celtic myth and Arthurian romance_ (New York,
|
|
Columbia University Press, 1927, reprints).
|
|
|
|
Loomis, Roger Sherman, _Wales and the Arthurian legend_ (Cardiff,
|
|
University of Wales Press, 1956).
|
|
|
|
Loomis, Roger Sherman, _The Grail: from Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol_
|
|
(Princeton: Princeton U. Press, 1991. ISBN 0-691-02075-2.)
|
|
|
|
McCarthy, Terrence, _An Introduction to Malory_ (ISBN: 0-85991-325-2).
|
|
Malory's approach to his material is discussed, as are his sources,
|
|
and his individual contribution; finally, Malory and his book are
|
|
placed in their historical context.
|
|
|
|
Markale, Jean, _King Arthur, King Of Kings_ (translated by Christine
|
|
Hauch. London ; New York : Gordon & Cremonesi, 1977). Originally
|
|
published as _Le roi Arthur et la societe celtique_.
|
|
|
|
Matthews, Caitlin, _Arthur and the Sovereignty of Britain : King and
|
|
Goddess in the Mabinogion_ (illustrated by Chesca Potter. London,
|
|
England ; New York, N.Y., USA : Arkana, 1989).
|
|
|
|
Matthews, John, _An Arthurian Legend_ (London: Aquarian Press, 1991. ISBN
|
|
0-85030-909-3.)
|
|
|
|
Matthews, John, _The Elements of the Arthurian Tradition_. Who was
|
|
King Arthur? What is the Holy Grail? Who were the Faery Women of
|
|
Arthur's Court? What is the Fellowship of the Round Table? Who are
|
|
the Dwellers in Avalon? Answers these and other questions about the
|
|
legend of Arthur.
|
|
|
|
Matthews, John, _The Elements of the Grail Tradition_. Here, in
|
|
vivid historical detail, Matthews reveals the many facets of the Holy
|
|
Grail and its tradition. Includes explanations of the myth of the
|
|
Fisher King, the Four Hallows, the "Holiest Earth" of Glastonbury and
|
|
the Wasteland.
|
|
|
|
Millar, Ronald William, _Will the real King Arthur please stand up?_
|
|
(London : Cassell, 1978).
|
|
|
|
Monell, Charles M., _Five hundred years of King Arthur_ ([Fullerton,
|
|
Calif.] : The Patrons of the Library, California State University,
|
|
Fullerton, c1987). The text is a lecture by Dr. Monell delivered at
|
|
the opening of the King Arthur exhibit at the California State
|
|
Library, Sacramento, on July 28, 1985 ... "--p. [3]. The article
|
|
first appeared in the July 1985 Bulletin of the California State
|
|
Library Foundation.
|
|
|
|
Morris, John, _The age of Arthur; a history of the British Isles from
|
|
350 to 650_ (New York, Scribner [1973]).
|
|
|
|
Nitze, William Albert, _Arthurian romance and modern poetry and
|
|
music_ (Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press [c1940]).
|
|
|
|
Pickford, Cedric Edward, Rex Last and Christine R. Barker, eds., _The
|
|
Arthurian Bibliography_ (Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : D.S. Brewer ;
|
|
Totowa, N.J. : Biblio, -1983).
|
|
|
|
Ratcliffe, Eric, _The Great Arthurian Timeslip_ (Stevenage and Bungay
|
|
[Eng.] : ORE, 1978).
|
|
|
|
Reid, Margaret Jane Cornfute, _The Arthurian Legend_ (Edinburgh
|
|
[etc.] Oliver and Boyd [1938]).
|
|
|
|
Ritson, Joseph, _The life of King Arthur: from ancient historians and
|
|
authentic documents_ (London, Payne and Foss [etc.] 1825).
|
|
|
|
Robinson, Joseph Armitage, _Two Glastonbury legends: King Arthur and
|
|
St. Joseph of Arimathea_ (Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press,
|
|
1926).
|
|
|
|
Saklatvala, Beram, _Arthur, Roman Britain's Last Champion_ (Newton
|
|
Abbot: David & Charles, 1971.) An unconventional study of King Arthur.
|
|
|
|
Scherer, Margaret Roseman, _About the Round Table_, (New York, 1945).
|
|
|
|
Simpson, Roger, _The Athurian Revival and Tennyson, 1800-1849_ ISBN:
|
|
0-85991-300-7. A study of the interest in Arthurian literature in the
|
|
early part of the nineteenth century. There is a complete
|
|
bibliography of early 19th-century Arthurian poetry, drama, and prose
|
|
fiction together with catalogues of paintings and illustrated books.
|
|
|
|
Skene, William Forbes, author; Derek Bryce, ed., _Arthur and the
|
|
Britons in Wales and Scotland_ (Lampeter [Wales] : Llanerch
|
|
Enterprises, c1988).
|
|
|
|
Starr, Nathan Comfort, _King Arthur today; the Arthurian legend in
|
|
English and American Literature, 1901-1953_, (Gainesville, University
|
|
of Florida Press 1954).
|
|
|
|
Surtees, Scott Frederick, _Merlin and Arthur_, ([Hertford, S. Austin
|
|
and sons, printers], 1871).
|
|
|
|
Taylor, Beverly and Elisabeth Brewer, _The Return of King Arthur_ (DS
|
|
Brewer, Cambridge, 1983.) Contains an extensive bibliography in the
|
|
back.
|
|
|
|
Thompson, Raymond, _The Return From Avalon_ (Greenwood, Westport,
|
|
1985). This is an excellent recent study of modern Arthurian
|
|
literature.
|
|
|
|
Tolstoy, Nikolai, _The Quest for Merlin_ (Little, Brown, 1985. ISBN
|
|
0-316-85066-7.)
|
|
|
|
Treharne, R. F. (Reginald Francis), _The Glastonbury legends: Joseph
|
|
of Arimathea, the Holy Grail and King Arthur_, (London, Cresset P.,
|
|
1967).
|
|
|
|
Trevelyan, Marie, _The Land of Arthur, its Heroes and Heroines_,
|
|
(London, J. Hogg [pref. 1895]).
|
|
|
|
Vinaver, Eugene, _King Arthur's sword; or, The making of a medieval
|
|
romance_, (Manchester, Eng., John Rylands Library and the Manchester
|
|
University Press, 1958).
|
|
|
|
Vinaver, Eugene, _Malory_ ([1st ed.], reprinted with a new preface.
|
|
London, Clarendon P., 1970).
|
|
|
|
Whitaker, Muriel. _The Legends of King Arthur in Art_. ISBN
|
|
0-85991-306-6. This is a study of works of art inspired by legends of
|
|
King Arthur and his knights and produced over a period of nine
|
|
centuries in Europe and North America. It covers illuminated
|
|
manuscripts, printed books, sculpture, pavements, all paintings, easel
|
|
paintings, etc.
|
|
|
|
Whitehead, John, _Guardian of the Grail, a new light on the Arthurian
|
|
legend_, ([London] Jarrolds [1959]).
|
|
|
|
Wildman, S. G. _The Black Horses, English Inns and King Arthur_
|
|
(London: John Baker, 1971).
|
|
|
|
Williams, Charles and C.S. Lewis, _Arthurian Torso_. Two long
|
|
essays. The first, by Williams, is a lengthy history of the
|
|
development of the Arthurian legend, discussing the entry of the
|
|
various great themes (i.e., courtly love, the Grail, etc.) and how it
|
|
affected the legend that had existed to that point. The second, by
|
|
Lewis, is an indispensible guide to Williams' own Arthurian poems
|
|
(cited in the Poetry section). These essays, along with William's
|
|
poems, can be found in trade paperback from Eerdmans' Press, Grand
|
|
Rapids.
|
|
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|
4. Medieval and Early Texts
|
|
|
|
_Gawain and the Grene Knight_. Many translations, including one by
|
|
JRR Tolkien (_Sir Gawain and the Green Knight_, Clarendon Press,
|
|
Oxford, 1930).
|
|
|
|
_Lancelot of the Lake_. Available in pb from Oxford's "The World's
|
|
Classics" series. Anonymous, Arthurian cycle: _Lancelot of the Lake_,
|
|
_The Quest of the Holy Grail_, and _The Death of Arthur_. Available
|
|
in pb from Penguin. Most later Arthurian texts (especially Mallory)
|
|
are based on these, the same way most texts after Chretien derived
|
|
from Chretien. The first listed, the "short" or "non-cyclic prose
|
|
Lancelot," is a very interesting point in the development of the
|
|
legend: Lancelot is not yet involved in the Grail quest (indeed, it is
|
|
implied that it has already occurred by the time he comes to King
|
|
Arthur's court). The "cycle" is the first (existing) text, or set of
|
|
texts, to unite all the fundamental themes of the mythos. Also
|
|
available from Penguin is a single volume edition with two long poetic
|
|
"morts d'Artu," under the title _The Death Of King Arthur_. One is in
|
|
rhymed verse, the other in alliterative.
|
|
|
|
_The Mabinogion_ (many translations.) The Mabinogion is the collection
|
|
of Welsh stories and legends, where elements of the Arthurian legend
|
|
can be found. These probably form the basis for the legend as we have
|
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it today, though scholars seem to revise their opinions every now and
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then.
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Blackmore, Sir Richard, _An Heroick Poem (London, printed for Awnsham
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and John Churchil, 1695). In ten books. Probably out of print.
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Chretien de Troyes, _Arthurian Romances_ (Everyman's Library #698).
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Various translations. He was a 12th century writer/poet and the
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single most improtant influence on the development of the Arthurian
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mythos: it was he who linked Lancelot to Guinevere and who introduced
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the moral question of their affair (in _Lancelot, Or the Knight of the
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Cart_) and it was quite possibly he who brought the story of the Grail
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Quest to Arthur's court (in _Perceval_).
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Chretien de Troyes, _Ywain, the Knight of the Lion_ (Translated by
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Robert W. Ackermand and Frederick W. Lock, Unger, New York, 1957, plus
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other translations).
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Chretien de Troyes, _Perceval, The Story of the Grail_. (English
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translation by Nigel Bryant, ISBN: 0-85991-224-8). The story of the
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making of a knight in both worldly and spiritual terms, and the source
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of some of the most dramatic and mysterious adventures of romance.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth, _History of the Kings of Britain_ (Penguin, 1966.
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ISBN 0-14-044170-0.) Fourteenth century historian.
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Malory, Sir Thomas, _Le Morte D'Arthur_ (many editions). The classic
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15th century rendition of Arthurian legend according the French
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tradition. About where Lancelot in his romantic, very French, form
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was added, and where the search for the Grail was put in Christian
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terms.
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Matarosso, translator, _The Quest of the Holy Grail_ (Penguin, 1969.
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ISBN 0-14-044220-0.)
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Middleton, Christopher, _The famous historie of Chinon of England_
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(to which is added The assertion of King Arthure, translated by
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Richard Robinson from Leland's Assertio inclytissimi Arturii,
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together with... London, Pub. for the Early English Text Society by
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H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1925).
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von Strassburg, Gottfried, _Tristan_ (Penguin, 1960. ISBN
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0-14-044098-4.)
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Wace and Layamon, _Arthurian Chronicles_, (with an introd. by Lucy
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Allen Paton. London ; New York : Dent, Dutton, [1921?]).
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Wolfram von Eschenbach, _Parsival_ (Penguin, 1980. ISBN
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0-14-044361-4.) Allows great insight into the mind of Chivalry for
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those with the patience. Modern translation of a medieval text.
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5. Magazines and Articles
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Lambides, Freya Reeves, pub., _Avalon to Camelot_ (Debra N. Mancoff,
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ed.) A quarterly journal started in Fall 1983, lasted for four regular
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issues to Summer 1984 before the publisher folded. Two more issues
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came out, but are not generally available. It had some excellent
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articles, and was well illustrated for a non-color production.
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Surviving copies may be collector's items.
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6. Arthurian references
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Coney, Michael Greatrex, _Fang, the Gnome_. (Signet/New American
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Library, ISBN 0-451-15847-4). The main characters are Fang, Nyneve,
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Avalona (the non-human who teaches Nyneve) and Merlin (Avalona's son).
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Arthurian characters who appear: Tristam and Iseult, Arthur, and
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Galahad - with the other characters appearing only in "the Game"
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played by Nyneve, Avalona and Merlin. The Game is used to enter an
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alternate reality and influence the characters there. Eventually the
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other reality merges with that of Earth and the Arthurian story
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becomes a reality.
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Baigent, Michael, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. _Holy Blood, Holy
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Grail_. (Corgi, 1993, ISBN 0-552-12138-X, many reprints.) What it did
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was propose a revolutionary theory about what the "San Greal" was (a
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deliberate distortion for "Sang Real", the bloodline of Jesus - not
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just through lots of hints, such as the obvious reference through
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"Fisher King" with the Greek connection of the fish for Jesus, as well
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as the "I shall make you fishers of men" phrase in the Gospel, etc -
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but also through meticulously detailed research). Not directly about
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Arthur, but Arthur's connections with the Holy Grail myths are too
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strong to ignore.
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Bradley, Michael. _Holy Grail Across the Atlantic_. 1988. Bradley
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carries on where Baigent, et al, leave off. As well as utilizing
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their book, he directly cites further details about an apparent
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conspiracy to introduce 'clue-books' in famous libraries in France and
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around Europe, over many decades. Bradley traces the Holy Grail from
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'Before the Flood' - to Arthur - and from there across the Atlantic, -
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to Nova Scotia - (before Columbus), its possible residence in Montreal
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for many years, and then supposed return to Europe.
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Cooper, Susan, _Over Sea, Under Stone_, _The Dark Is Rising_, _The
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Green Witch_, _The Grey King_, _Silver on the Tree_. Celtic derived
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fantasy, some references to Arthur. While these are "children's
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books," they present good reading for adults as well.
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|Drake, David, _The Dragon Lord_, (Berkeley Pub. Group, 1979. ISBN
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|0-399-12380-6).
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Kay, Guy Gavriel, _The Summer Tree_, _The Wandering Fire_ and _The
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Darkest Road_. Also known collectively as "The Fionavar Tapestry."
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Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere are, in various forms, called back to
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assist in defeating The Unraveller in the one True World, Fionavar.
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In addition, the tale is steeped in Celtic mythology and part of the
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fun is matching characters back to specific myths and legends.
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Knowles, Sir James, _The Legends of King Arthur and his Knights_,
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(London, New York: Warne and Co., 1895).
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Lewis, C.S., _That Hideous Strength_ (part of a three book set).
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While it does have much non-Arthurian material, it does deal a good
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bit with the line of the Pendragons and one of the characters is the
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awakened Merlinus Ambrosius.
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Matthews, Caitlin and John, _The Arthurian Book of Days_ (New York :
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Macmillan, c1990). Contains Arthurian events related to a particular
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point in the year. Illustrated with copies of rare paintings and
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illuminations.
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Spenser, Edmund, _The Faerie Queene_. An excellent work and is
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Arthurian at least in some of its sections, and should be
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comprehensible to anyone who can read Malory.
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Walton, Evangeline, _Prince of Annwn_, _The Children of Llyr_, _The
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Song of Rhiannon_ and _The Island of the Mighty_ (Del Rey, 1970).
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Modern reworkings of _The Mabinogion_. Excellently written. May be
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hard to find. Recently reissued in large tradeback, but is out of print.
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7. Celtic Fiction
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_Irish Fairy and Folk Tales_ (Dorset, 1986. ISBN 0-88029-073-0.)
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Alexander, Lloyd, _The Book of Three_, The Black Cauldron_, _Castle of
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Llyr_, _Taran Wanderer_, _The High King_. Based on Celtic mythology,
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these are excellent "children's" books.
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Bedier, Joseph, _Romance of Tristan & Iseult_ (Doubleday Anchor, 1945.)
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Flynn, Casey, _The Gods of Ireland_ (Bantam/Spectra). This is a
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series of books which retell the mythic cycle of Irish legends. The
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individual books are short and do stand alone, at least the first two
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do.
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Gantz, Jeffrey, _Early Irish Myths and Sagas_ (Penguin, 1981. ISBN
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0-14-044-397-5.)
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Humphreys, Emyr, _The Taliesin Tradition_, (Black Raven, 1983. ISBN
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0-85159-002-0.) Boring.
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Jackson, Kenneth, _A Celtic Miscellany_ (Penguin, 1951. ISBN
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0-14-044247-2.)
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Jacobs, Joseph, _Celtic Fairy Tales_ (Dover, 1968. ISBN 0-486-21826-0.)
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Llywelyn, Morgan, _Red Branch_ (Ivy Books, Ballantine Books, 1989.
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ISBN: 0-8041-0591-X. Retells the story of the Irish warrior-hero:
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Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster. Has also written _Grania_, _The Horse
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Goddess_, and _Lion of Ireland_.
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Paxson, Diana L., _The White Raven_ (Avon Books, 1988). Retelling
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of the Tristan/Iseult legend, from the point of view of Iseult's
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slave/maid. A pretty, romantic sort of tale.
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Peacock, Thomas Love. _The Misfortunes of Elphin_ (c1829; many
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reprints). An irreverent take on the Mabinogion.
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Rolleston, T.W., _Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race_ (Constable, 1911.
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recent reprint, no date. ISBN 0-09-467720-4)
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Weston, Jesse L. _From Ritual to Romance_ (Anchor, 1957.) A work on
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the grail.
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Yeats, Wm. Butler, _The Celtic Twilight_ (Signet, 1962.)
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Yeats, Wm. Butler and Lady Gregory, _A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend,
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and Folklore_ (Avenel Books, 1986. ISBN: 0-517-48904-X. Irish tales,
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plus the legend of Cuchulain.
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8. Organizations.
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The Camelot (electronic) Mailing List: contact the maintainer of the
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Camelot mailing list at camelot-request@castle.ed.ac.uk for more
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information on this unmoderated list.
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The International Arthurian Society. [Address?]
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