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Author
Series
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Joseph Campbell made the power of story undeniable through the power of his own storytelling. Editor Evans Lansing Smith here collects Campbell writings on Arthurian legends that make events like Merlin's death and the Lady of the Lake retrieving Excalibur not just vibrant but also central to the mythologist's thinking. Three cornerstones of Campbell's celebrated scholarship are found here. The Arthurian myths opened the world of comparative mythology...
Author
Publisher
Harper Design
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Foreword by Neil Gaiman The world's leading Arthurian authority reimagines one of the most beloved and influential legends-the story of King Arthur and his Knights-for a new century in this gorgeous keepsake edition, illustrated with luminous full-color paintings and drawings by internationally acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe. The stories of King Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot and Guinevere, Galahad, Gawain, Tristan and the rest of the Knights of...
6) Parzival
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"Parzival is a major medieval German epic poem attributed to the poet Wolfram von Eschenbach, written in the Middle High German language. The poem is commonly dated circa the first quarter of the 13th century. The poem is, in part, an adaptation of Chretien de Troyes? Perceval, the Story of the Grail and mainly centers on the Arthurian hero Parzival (Percival in English) and his long quest for the Holy Grail, following his initial failure to achieve...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
"Who was King Arthur? Did he ever really live? And where do his legends come from? This book explores the historical King Arthur - perhaps Roman, perhaps Saxon, Breton, or Pictish - and the origins of the literary legends about him that have remained so popular throughout the centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
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Description
The longest and most ambitious work of his career, Idylls is a reflection of Tennyson's lifelong interest in Arthurian themes. His personification of Arthur, the highest ideal of manhood and leadership, is achieved through a delicacy of phrase and metrical effect that are unmatched.
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