Books in the Routledge Library Editions: Arthurian Literature series

This translation of Lancelot del Lac was published in 1929 to present easily the essential parts of the history of Sir Lancelot from three thirteenth century romances; the first serious attempt to produce a modern English rendering of the French material.

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.

This book presents the manuscript of the original poem, including a bibliography of related studies and a comprehensive notes section and glossary. Originally published in 1984.

Originally published in 1988, this interesting collection presents a wide range of Arthurian studies approaches representing some of the vast scholarship on the genre.

First published in 1938, this study explores the reception of the mythology of King Arthur by modern poets and playwrights. More specifically, the author explores the lineage of the legendary material since the first edition of Malory in 1485, exploring a vast range of artists who have made use of it: Spenser, Milton and Dryden, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Hardy, Matthew Arnold, and even Wagner.

Originally published in 1996, the articles in this book showcase analysis of varied aspects of visual representation and relation to literary themes. Close attention to the historical context is a key feature of this work, investigating the linkage between texts and images in the Middle Ages and beyond.

Discrete inquiries into 15 forms of the Arthurian legends produced over the last century explore how they have altered the tradition. Originally published in 1992.

The focus of this book is medieval vernacular literature in Western Europe. Chapters are written by experts in the area and present the current scholarship at the time this book was originally published in 1996.