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An Arthurian reader :

0850307783

0850309093

185274040X

9780850307788

9780850309096

9781852740405

An Arthurian reader :

[Book]

selections from Arthurian legend, scholarship, and story /

selected and edited by John Matthews.

New York, N.Y. :

Distributed by Sterling Pub. Co.,

1988.

351 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Distributor from label on title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-351).

pt. 1: The matter of Britain. The finding of Merlin / Harold Massingham -- 'Merlin and Grisandole' -- Merlin / Walter Stein -- 'The early days of Arthur' / Geoffrey of Monmouth -- Arthurian localities / J.S. Stuart-Glennie -- 'Arthur and Accolon' / Sir Thomas Malory -- pt. 2: The search for the grail. Mystic gleams from the holy grail / Francis Rolt-Wheeler -- 'The high history of the holy grail' -- The secret heresy of the middle ages / Hannah Closs -- The grail & the rites of Adonis / Jessie L. Weston -- 'Gawain at the grail castle' -- The secret school of the holy grail / A.E. Waite -- pt. 3: The realm of the imagination. The life of Sir Aglovale de Galis / Clemence Houseman -- 'Sir Gawain and the green knight' -- Medraut and Gwenhwyvar / Edward Frankland -- Guinevere and Lancelot / Arthur Machen -- 'Arthur of little Britain' -- Merlin and Vortigern / Katherine M. Buck -- 'Morte Arthure' -- Beyond the blue septentrions / Fiona Macleod.

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Presents a cross-section of speculation, both scholarly and esoteric, some supported by cross references, while others contain astonishing tales of the Arthurian world.

£14.95 , CIP rev.

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