Books in the Arthurian Studies series

Analysis of the relationship between the Winchester manuscript and Caxton's edition. Detailed linguistic analysis of the two versions of the Morte Darthur, charting important changes in the development of the English language.

Essays reflecting the present state of Layamon studies, identifying problems and outlining current directions in research.

This anthology of medieval writing provides a context for a deeper understanding of the Gawain-poet's originality and skill.

A collection of Williams' poems including "Taliessin through Logres", "The Region of the Summer Stars", "The Advent of Galahad" and, "The Taliessin Cycle". This title introduces readers to these lyrical pieces, which evoke a spiritual world in keeping with the ideals of Arthurian literature.

Offers an introduction to Malory, and shows how to go about reading the "Morte Darthur" and to outline aspects of its basic character. This book shows how Malory worked and the extent and nature of his individual contribution and puts Malory and his book in their historical context.

Comprises selected papers from a Tristan symposium held at the Institute of Germanic Studies in London.

A critical edition of the "Prose Tristanis".

French Tristan poets of the 12th century worked within a self-contained tradition. In the process of retelling the Tristan matter they elaborated a network of connections among the narrative elements of the French Tristan poems. This book traces the poets' conscious thought processes and unconscious associations as they reworked their material.

Presents essays that are centred on the theme of rewards and punishments in French Arthurian romance and the medieval lyric.

A critical edition of the "Prose Tristan".

The setting of medieval Arthurian romance, as typified by Malory's Morte Darthur, plays an important part in the creation of the atmosphere of the stories, and in intensifying the drama of the action. Professor Whitaker looks at the Arthurianworld which Malory inherited form his sources and to which he added his own details, and examines its different aspects: castles and forests, kingdoms and empires, showing how these diverge from reality to meetthe particular requirements of romance, how new political and temporal relationships are set up for the same reason, and how it was shaped by the presence of the Otherworld in the Celtic stories from which many episodes were drawn.

States that the revival of interest in Arthurian legend in the 19th century was a remarkable phenomenon, apparently at odds with the spirit of the age. This book gives an account of the major English and American contributions and includes a bibliography of British and American creative writing relating to the Arthurian legends since 1800.

Contains work on the medieval aspects of Arthurian legend, ranging from Rachel Bromwich's essay on the Celtic elements in Arthurian romance and AOH Jarman's study of Arthurian allusions in the "Black Book of Carmarthen" to examinations of the Spanish and French romances of the 15th century.

A bibliography of Arthurian literature to 1978, the result of five years' work by Professor Cedric Pickford and Dr Rex Last of the University of Hull. It consists of an alphabetical author-listing, with key numbers for each item, of critical material recorded in the standard Arthurian bibliographies with indexes by topic, and keyword.

Examines the legend of Arthur, based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History of the Kings of Britain". This book illustrates how medieval writers retold what they believe to be the story of a real historical figure and how the story of Arthur took shape. It looks at his antecedents, the story of his conception and birth, and his accession.