Return of King Arthur British and American Arthurian Literature Since 1800

by Beverly Taylor and Elisabeth Brewer

Book Overview

The revival of interest in Arthurian legend in the 19th century was a remarkable phenomenon, apparently at odds with the spirit of the age. Tennyson was widely criticised for his choice of a medieval topic; yet The Idylls of the Kingwere accepted as the national epic, and a flood of lesser works was inspired by them, on both sides of the Atlantic. Elisabeth Brewer and Beverly Taylor survey the course of Arthurian literature from 1800 to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859911365
• ISBN13: 9780859911368
• Release Date: September 1983
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"