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Book SynopsisEleven 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.
Trade ReviewA fitting witness to witness to the state of Arthurian studies at the turn of the millenium. An essential summation of Arthurian scholarship [that] directs us towards the probable future of Arthurian studies. * ARTHURIANA *
Table of ContentsArthurian Research in a New Century: Prospects and Projects - Norris J. Lacy Malory and His Audience - Peter J.C. Field The Paradoxes of Honour in Malory - Derek S Brewer 'Hic est Artur': Reading Latin and Reading Arthur - Sian Echard Judging Camelot: Change in Critical Perspectives in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [with Julian N. Wasserman] - Robert J Blanch Judging Camelot: Change in Critical Perspectives in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [with Robert J. Blanch] - Julian N Wasserman Tennyson's Guinevere and Her Idylls of the King - David Staines Darkness over Camelot: Enemies of the Arthurian Dream - Raymond H Thompson King Arthur and Black American Popular Culture - Barbara Tepa Lupack The Project of Arthurian Studies: Quondam et Futurus - Bonnie Wheeler 'Arthur? Arthur? Arthur?' - Where Exactly is the Cinematic Arthur to be Found? - Kevin J Harty Merlin in the Twenty-First Century - Peter H Goodrich
