| 单词 | Arthurian |
| 例句 | I grinned at the absurd Arthurian image of the guitar in the stone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Over the North Sea in Britain’s Victorian empire, artists, writers and composers were dredging Albion’s Arthurian roots, too. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z An observer of the present day, who knew the Arthurian legend only from Tennyson and people of that sort, would have been startled to see that the famous lovers were past their prime. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The latest findings seem to confirm the 12th-century Arthurian legend about the wizard Merlin’s capture of a magical stone circle to resurrect it many miles away as a memorial to the dead. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Mr. White put together “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the Python troupe’s farcical rendition of Arthurian legend, on a very low budget. Michael White, Colorful Impresario With a Taste for the Outlandish, Dies at 80 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Arthurian literature from all ages shaped the path of my career - my first five novels are about Arthur's children and grandchildren. Elizabeth Wein's top 10 dynamic duos in fiction 2013-06-20T12:33:58Z The filmmaker David Lowery had proven himself a skilled maker of moody dramas by last year, when he released the Arthurian romance “The Green Knight.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches’ and Awards Shows 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z He also talked about his Scottish roots and Arthurian legends. At the Neptune, Donovan took fans on a magical musical tour 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z On the other hand, the most sustained and interesting chapter in this show is a smart and touching version of one of the lesser-known Arthurian tales, the narrative of doomed brothers Balin and Balan. Free performances for kids star a dinosaur, and bullied fifth-graders 2011-07-14T19:43:07Z While the 15th-century book that recorded the Arthurian legend did fix Winchester as the site of Camelot, this round table was made in 1290 for a royal celebration. A London day trip to Winchester, England’s former royal capital 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Winning over other Arthurian tales ... a children's theatre production of The Legend of the Green Knight. The king of Arthurian tales 2011-07-19T11:24:12Z But if this supposed “fresh spin” on Arthurian legend feels awfully familiar to you, that’s because it used to be called “The Lion King.” And your new worst film of 2017 is… “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z "King Arthur," especially, is a mash-up of old and new: familiar Arthurian lore broken up by creatively haphazard references to robots, basketball and pirates. Free performances for kids star a dinosaur, and bullied fifth-graders 2011-07-14T19:43:07Z Wewelsburg, the castle headquarters of the SS, was the site of initiation rituals for SS “knights” that were modeled on Arthurian legend. Did Nazis really try to make zombies? The real history behind one of our weirdest WWII obsessions 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z We learn later that the Arthurian airs were just that — a put-on. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 2: Greetings from the Kingdom 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z And Kevin Crossley-Holland rewrites Arthurian legend commandingly in his acclaimed and award-winning Seeing Stone trilogy, and takes one of its most engaging characters on a quest to the Holy Land in Gatty's Tale. Old stories for young readers 2011-02-24T10:32:26Z We entered the Chapel Perilous, a strange Arthurian ruin, empty among the mountains, in which strange apparitions test the knights' mettle. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z Together the five stories, which vibrate with echoes of the Arthurian legend, are the most celebrated of her books, deriving much of their power from a meeting of myth and place. Susan Cooper: a life in writing 2012-12-21T22:54:02Z Pendragon, who sports long white robes, set about knighting new followers to his druidic order, the Loyal Arthurian Warband, which he described as the political wing of the religion. Summer solstice: thousands descend on Stonehenge to greet longest day 2013-06-21T07:20:41Z British listeners experienced the medieval myths on which he based his operas “Lohengrin” and “Parsifal” as mirroring their own Arthurian legends. From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z So is "Cursed," which debuts on Netflix July 17, placing Langford in the fray of a fantasy offshoot of the standard Arthurian legend. Enough already with the white warrior woman worship 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z T. H. White, the great British author of the Arthurian legends, “The Once and Future King,” for sure. Edelweiss, Edelweiss? Julie Andrews Loves Reading About 18th-Century Plant Hunters 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z When Mr. Ishiguro read the poem, which describes Arthurian England as a wild, lawless land full of panting ogres, something clicked. For Kazuo Ishiguro, ‘The Buried Giant’ Is a Departure 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z It’s stiff competition, and that’s not counting the many earlier screen adaptations of Arthurian legends, including “Camelot,” “Excalibur” and, perhaps most inescapably, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” How the Creators of ‘Cursed’ Conjured a Fresh Take on King Arthur 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z He did freelance illustrations for magazines, Wilde’s writings, books about Arthurian legends, Greek dramas and 18th-century witticisms. Aubrey Beardsley, Racing Creatively Against the Clock 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z This Arthurian prophecy of these battling beasts was used to tell of a time when a leader would come to liberate the Welsh. An introduction to the stories and British history that inspired the beasts of "House of the Dragon" 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z One musical compromised in the process is “Camelot,” a romantic retelling of Arthurian legend that opened on Broadway in 1960. When ‘A Little Touch of Star Quality’ Is a Little Too Much 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z In centuries of tales, from Morgan le Fay and Avalon in the Arthurian cycle to contemporary fantasies to Disney movies, fairies and their mysterious world have captured the imagination. Review | Fairies and their magical worlds have captivated us for centuries. Here are some of the books that did it best. 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Each time we successfully used this intimidating instrument, we felt like we had just unsheathed the famed, Arthurian sword from the stone. Secrets of the Muslim bathroom 2012-07-10T01:00:00Z Malory's Arthurian epic was written, mostly in prison, during the wars of the roses, which Shakespeare was to dramatise more than a century later. Morte d'Arthur 2010-06-18T20:29:00Z They reached their heyday in Arthurian stories, most notably in Merlin's legendary prophecies of two dragons fighting for the sovereignty of two warring peoples. An introduction to the stories and British history that inspired the beasts of "House of the Dragon" 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Thought to have been finished around 1600 B.C., over the eons Stonehenge has been attributed to the ancient Celtic high priests called druids and the Arthurian wizard Merlin. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z "It's one of those sort of Arthurian legends that gay people told each other. " A 'lost story' of 'Pride' touches on bonds, support and so much more 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z It was mildly diverting to see clips from Armitage's father's panto version of the Arthurian legend, for example, but not useful. Review: The Great British Bake-Off 2010-08-18T09:39:00Z Although the aesthetic movement rejected Ruskin's moralism, artists such as William Morris, the Arthurian Marxist, shared his belief that art can change the social world. Did the aesthetic rebels get Ruskin wrong? 2011-03-29T16:14:06Z Over all these regions of decay hangs the Waste Land of Arthurian legend and the Fisher King, who haunted our walk as he does the poem. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z Collectives such as the Peace Convoy travelled solstices at Stonehenge; they named themselves after Arthurian characters and believed in the power of ley lines. The Remarkable Persistence of the Green Man 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Preparation included consulting voluminous files of images that Jack collected over the years, carefully cataloged under headings like “Ne’er-do-wells, General,” “Arthurian” or “Unrequited.” The Comic Strip’s Heyday in ‘Cartoon County’ 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z It was a little bit of Hobbitry and Arthurian legend combined, without paying too much homage to either. How we made Knightmare 2013-04-08T16:58:00Z The show, “Story, Memory and Myth,” includes pieces that explore classical stories ranging from Arthurian legends to the tales of Geoffrey Chaucer. In Transit Blog: Former Astor Mansion in London Is Open to the Public 2011-12-21T11:00:27Z As in previous years, the Knights of Avalon, re-enactors, will teach chivalry and elementary swashbuckling to those desiring to be junior knights, who will take an oath and be dubbed, Arthurian style. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 28-Oct. 4 2012-09-27T21:40:11Z Next there's the Arthurian sword with an obscure inscription that dictates special responsibilities to those who wield it. Robin Hood 2010-05-15T23:09:00Z That’s the magic Netflix is hoping to pull from “Cursed,” a live-action fantasy series created by Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler that puts the young Lady of the Lake at the center of Arthurian myth. How the Creators of ‘Cursed’ Conjured a Fresh Take on King Arthur 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The mythic dimension of Arthurian chivalry is lost. Natalia Osipova in the Royal Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z But after a campaign by other locals to preserve the Excalibur, so called as the roads were named after characters from Arthurian legend, English Heritage recommended 21 homes be listed. Largest postwar prefab estate to be demolished 2011-01-02T18:39:33Z Those are the three faces of France’s rugged northwest corner, where Arthurian legends, stone circles and Celtic traditions suffuse the forests and fishing villages. 36 Hours in Rennes and St.-Malo 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z You might not expect to find Niall Griffiths, a writer whose novels include Grits , Sheepshagger and Stump , poking around among obscure variants of Arthurian legend. The Dreams of Max and Ronnie by Niall Griffiths 2010-09-27T16:49:00Z His most recent novel, “The Buried Giant,” is set in Arthurian England and its inclusion of ogres sent at least one prominent critic to dismiss it as “ungainly” and worse. Kazuo Ishiguro is a rarity and now a Nobel Laureate 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Chivalric romances, harking back to the age of Charlemagne in the eighth century, and Arthurian legends, many of them translated from French, became very popular in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. Fantasy, Fights and Love: 500 Years of ‘Orlando Furioso’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The show, a Monty Python-inspired spoof of Arthurian legend, first opened on Broadway in 2005, won the Tony Award for best musical, ran for four years, and has been widely staged since then. ‘Spamalot’ Revival to Open on Broadway This Fall 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z There’s Arthurian legend and a sound loop of the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer’s famous quote of the Mahabharata: “Now I am become death.” ‘Remnant’ Review: A Digital Fog of War, and Its Aftermath 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z One, The Eyes of the Dragon, was an “Arthurian sword-and-sorcery epic” written for his daughter Naomi, who wasn’t a fan of the scary stuff. Why Stephen King Planned to Quit Writing Horror After 'It' 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z A Catholic convert, he imbues his pictorial and verbal art with religious imagery, Arthurian myth and intricately layered, deeply felt symbolism. Why isn’t David Jones famous? 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z As I read more, the magic world became wilder; the creatures from Andersen and Grimm were joined by the Norse gods and the figures of Arthurian legend, Prospero, Ariel, Puck – all inhabited one dream world. Susan Cooper: a life in writing 2012-12-21T22:54:02Z The response to my blogpost brings to mind the Arthurian tale of the Fisher King, in which the knight Parsifal rides to an unknown kingdom where he meets a king with a festering leg wound. Why so few women in the London Review of Books? 2013-06-25T11:37:12Z This “Swan Lake” is a Romantic classical ballet ideally placed in the era of knightly romance; when Prince Siegfried leaves for the lakeside with his crossbow, the echoes of the Arthurian quest are ideal. Dance Review: The Mariinsky Presents Its Shimmering ‘Swan Lake’ 2014-01-31T22:42:57Z The Trollhunter’s oath — “For the glory of Merlin, daylight is mine to command” — is, of course, straight out of Arthurian legend. For ‘Trollhunters,’ Guillermo del Toro Found Inspiration in the Sewers 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z To say that Starz created the silliest rendering of the Arthurian legend since Monty Python and the Holy Grail might be quite a compliment, if the series were not meant to be a serious drama. Vacation Robo-Post: The Worst TV Shows of 2011 2011-12-28T13:33:45Z From Camelot to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, films based on the Arthurian legend have provided a steady stream of hits throughout Hollywood history. Epic fail: why has King Arthur flopped so badly? 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z From childhood, Jones was enthralled by Arthurian and Celtic legends, and his knowledge of English literature expanded during his time at Camberwell, where the subject was compulsory. Reviving the Art of David Jones 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z The rising regencycore fashion trend is a branch of the more popular royaltycore and princesscore subcultures, which are highly inspired by Western European fashion worn by royalty in the Arthurian times and Tudor period. TikTok fashion trend inspired by ‘Bridgerton’ brings historical subcultures to mainstream 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Based on the 1975 movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” this Broadway hit has taken Seattle audiences on a madcap Arthurian quest before, in a 2007 run at Paramount Theatre. ‘Spamalot’ is a successful quest for laughs 2014-02-08T03:50:51Z It will include a core group of Jedi heroes, analogous to the Arthurian Knights of the Round Table, who will emerge to fight the Nihil and establish order throughout the Republic. New Star Wars series announced 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" but of the Arthurian legends and chivalric romances that inspire it. "Cripples and bastards and broken things": Why the "Game of Thrones" ending was nearly perfect 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z While the Lancaster version vaguely cleaves to Arthurian legend, Maxwell takes a free-form approach. Merlin and the Woods of Time ? review 2011-07-21T17:17:38Z "Any addition to the Arthurian tradition by a major author is welcome; this one is also exciting because of what it adds to our picture of a great modern imagination." 'New' JRR Tolkien epic due out next year 2012-10-09T15:49:40Z In the Arthurian legend, the wizard Merlin put the sword in the stone. Shape-Shifting Art Tower Completes Prada’s City Within a City 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z White—English author, most famously, of a great Arthurian fantasy, “The Once and Future King”. Birdsong 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Some — particularly one riffing on the Arthurian legend of Excalibur — drag. Review | ‘Mrs. Davis’ will make your head explode 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z His coronation invite was designed by Andrew Jamieson, a heraldic artist and manuscript illuminator whose work is inspired by the chivalric themes of Arthurian legend. Coronation invitations through the ages 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z A bookseller named Chester recalls getting an early galley of Nicola Griffith’s feminist retelling of the Arthurian legend “Spear,” “and having to wait a year to start recommending it was agony.” After a half-century, Elliott Bay Book Company is surviving and thriving 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z In the first two, he transposed Arthurian legend on the landscape of Texas, basing the Guinevere character, he said, on his wife. Aaron Latham, ‘Urban Cowboy’ screenwriter, dies at 78 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Her thoughts often drift to the mythological site and Arthurian legend that give the novel its title. Review | With ‘Avalon,’ Nell Zink proves again that she’s a fearless satirist 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z For the purposes of the novel, “Avalon” is both a place of Arthurian legend and a tourist town on Santa Catalina. Review: Nell Zink's addictively high-concept, low-fi fiction comes to California 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Although the team from the University of Aberdeen would not be drawn into the Arthurian arguments, they do hope to provide some solid evidence dating from the period. Archaeologists dig into Eildon hillfort's secrets 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Along the way, the book takes another byway into Arthurian legend, the better to explore Gage’s weakening grip on the line between myth and reality. John Darnielle: musician, novelist, ethicist of the lurid 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z In her novel, which plays with the canon of Arthurian legends, a Black teen named Bree must infiltrate an all-white society of monster hunters to stop a demonic invasion. Opinion | From ‘Loki’ to ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ Fans Are Calling the Shots 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z I’m no Arthurian scholar either, Mark, and can offer few satisfactory answers to the questions you raise. Did you love or loathe 'The Green Knight'? Either way, you're not alone 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z If, instead of being stranded in our present moment, I was on an island somewhere between Arthurian legend and the California coast, why not stay another page? Review: Nell Zink's addictively high-concept, low-fi fiction comes to California 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “Christ is born,” she says, and the invocation lingers; like so many Arthurian legends, “The Green Knight” bears witness as an old world of pagan rites gives way to a rising tide of Christian belief. Review: ‘The Green Knight,’ with Dev Patel as an Arthurian adventurer, is a ravishing triumph 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z In the video, a man approaches a shark on the beach, then pulls a sword from its back like a bizarre twist on Arthurian legend. Sharks Wash Up on Beaches, Stabbed by Swordfish 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z That’s a change from the past, when speculative fiction was dominated by stories that drew on Norse, Christian and Arthurian sagas and mythologies. Muslim women are building new worlds in science fiction and changing the confines of the genre 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z I am not an Arthurian scholar and not particularly familiar with the original story, but I don’t think that’s it. Did you love or loathe 'The Green Knight'? Either way, you're not alone 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Over the course of the show’s first 10 episodes, characters who were initially introduced under one name are eventually revealed to be characters with much more significant ties to Arthurian legend. Netflix's 'Cursed' turns the legend of King Arthur on its head. Here's how 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is the basis for “Cursed,” a new fantasy drama inspired by Arthurian legend. What’s on TV This Week: A ‘30 Rock' reunion, 'Brave New World' and more 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z It was a strange little space movie, according to the Hollywood rumor mill, a pastiche of 1930s science-fiction serials, Arthurian legend and religious mysticism made by a 33-year-old filmmaker who was in over his head. Charles Lippincott, movie publicist and a force behind ‘Star Wars,’ dies at 80 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z He intentionally played on Arthurian imagery to coax gullible Americans into the war. Review | Winston Churchill and the power of English myth 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Wagner, after all, got his sword-in-the-stone idea from the Arthurian legend. Review: King Arthur meets Trump and Superman in Long Beach 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is the basis for the family-friendly 2019 Arthurian fantasy “The Kid Who Would Be King.” What’s on TV This Week: 'The Little Mermaid Live!', 'His Dark Materials' and more 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z They recently started sixth grade, with its solemn rites of passage; the matter of how many sips of beer a boy can take, for example, is treated as reverently as an Arthurian quest. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” Is at Cate Blanchett’s Command 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Ever since the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth spun his seductive Arthurian tales, Tintagel has been inundated with visitors seeking a taste of the magic. Gossamer gateway to Avalon: Tintagel Castle bridge brings magic to history 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s heroic, but not in an Arthurian sense. Review | Winston Churchill and the power of English myth 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z But if his head is all about profitable first-person shooters, his heart belongs to Arthurian legends. This video-game titan wants to ride into history — with a lance and bespoke armor 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z A scholar of Old and Middle English, Tolkien understood the power of myth and wanted to create one that pushed past the Arthurian tale. ‘Game of Thrones’ will end, but respect for fantasy should not 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Following the Arthurian theme, he also named one of his cars Guinevere. Benny Kass, D.C. lawyer and Washington Post real estate columnist, dies at 82 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Merlin is one of the key characters in the legend of King Arthur and experts say that the manuscript fragments contain subtle differences to the traditional Arthurian narrative. Long-lost tales of Merlin and King Arthur discovered in mysterious medieval manuscripts 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z She added it was "all the more special" to find the fragments in the South West because of its locations made famous by the Arthurian legend. Middle Ages Merlin manuscript found 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Now Cornish returns with “The Kid Who Would Be King,” a sharp, playful tale that brings the myths of Arthurian legend into the present day. Joe Cornish on the Brexit parallels of ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z “The Kid Who Would Be King” is a modernized twist on the Arthurian legend of the sword in the stone. What to watch with your kids: ‘The Kid Who Would Be King,’ ‘Schooled’ and more 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z He also longs to reconnect with his father, who left behind a book of Arthurian legends before he mysteriously disappeared. Review | Can medieval chivalry save the modern world? ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ thinks so. 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z He then contacted Dr. Leah Tether, reader in Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol and president of the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society. Long-lost tales of Merlin and King Arthur discovered in mysterious medieval manuscripts 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The pieces of parchment were discovered by librarian Michael Richardson, who recognised a number of Arthurian names and contacted Dr Tether. Middle Ages Merlin manuscript found 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Building on the fascination of Camelot and other Arthurian tales of nobility and magic, Signe Pike debuts the first novel in her new trilogy. Pike investigates the legend of Merlin in ‘The Lost Queen’ 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Grail Project Theatre Movement Bazaar mixes drama, comedy, music and dance in this exploration of the Arthurian legends. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Feb. 11-18: '4Play: Sex in a Series,' Patti LuPone and more 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z It’s a lighthearted, nostalgic novel that focuses on vibrant characters and adventure, built out of recognizable parts from the likes of Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Arthurian legend. Black Star Renegades is a loving homage to Star Wars 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z The film is based on The Little Broomstick, a 1971 children’s fantasy by author Mary Stewart, best known for her Arthurian trilogy beginning with The Crystal Cave. Mary and the Witch’s Flower is everything fans want from Studio Ghibli 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The saga, which continues in December with “Episode VIII: The Last Jedi,” nods to classical mythology, Arthurian legend and even Wagner’s “Ring” cycle. null 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Best of the bunch is an almost 19-minute overview of the movie with the English crew and actors offering memories about growing up with the Arthurian legend. ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ review (4K UHD) 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z “Westworld” surely took some of its inspiration from “The Dark Tower,” a soupy mix of sci-fi, horror, Western and Arthurian legend. Review: In ‘The Dark Tower,’ franchise visions fall flat 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z But the richest scenery-chewing opportunities are seized by Anthony Hopkins as a bellicose British gent who helps Cade unpack the connection between the Transformers and all that revisionist Arthurian myth. 'Transformers: The Last Knight' is Michael Bay's robot-orgy swan song 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z It’s sufficiently dutiful to observe just enough of the niceties of Arthurian myth, even as it tweaks, to the point of breaking, many others. Review | ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ hits the reset button on Arthurian legend 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Giant elephants stomp into battle and knock down bridges with wrecking balls, which is a pretty good metaphor for director Guy Ritchie’s nothing-sacred approach to Arthurian myth. Guy Ritchie's 'King Arthur: Legend of the Sword' is a head-pounding, nothing-sacred origin story 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z An Arthurian legend in a 1338 chronicle has the young Merlin telling King Vortigern that if his workers “scoop” water from an underground pool beneath his fortress, they will find two dragons. Newspaper Rivalry Bred the Modern Use of ‘Scoop’ 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The tales of Michael Jordan's ruthlessness are the thing of Arthurian legend. This story about Michael Jordan's trash talk on the golf course is cold-blooded - Golf Digest 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Elba’s character Deschain is the star of the “The Dark Tower” movie and the last surviving Arthurian gunslinger on a quest to find the aforementioned tower, in hopes of saving humanity. 'The Dark Tower' companion TV series will include Idris Elba 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z "The Arthurian connection is a purely literary, legendary connection," says Greaney. Not-So-Dark Ages Revealed at King Arthur Site I know I said “dramatic possibilities,” but it would be personally disingenuous of me to pretend that I’ve seen a greater Arthurian movie than “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Guy Ritchie's 'King Arthur: Legend of the Sword' is a head-pounding, nothing-sacred origin story 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z "It's a really unique blend of genres — sci-fi, fantasy, Arthurian lore — that has this simple but powerful core message of 'teamwork.'" 'Voltron: Legendary Defender' reassembles on Netflix riding a wave of nostalgia 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z He later formed a company called Arthurian, which bid for and won the tender to manage the fund. Ministers' handling of £50m science fund criticised - BBC News 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z We mentioned your historical jokes but you have all kinds of material in here – the Arthurian Legends, among others. Kate Beaton: 'We watched print die from up on our hill of youth' 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Critics attacked English Heritage earlier this year for "Disneyfying" Tintagel's Arthurian connections after the charity commissioned a likeness of Merlin carved into the cliffs at the site. Not-So-Dark Ages Revealed at King Arthur Site Though many people with casual knowledge of Arthurian legend think of Guinevere and Lancelot as romantic heroes, Guinevere was already married to King Arthur when she fell for the knight. The True History Behind Cersei's Game of Thrones Walk of Shame 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Another fantasy/historical fiction trilogy is Bernard Cornwell’s Winter King Arthurian saga, which if you haven’t read it is well worth your time and coin. Should 'The Witcher 3' Feature People Of Color? 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z A British woman, who is also a lifelong falconer, raises a fierce goshawk, rekindling the spirit of this Arthurian sport even as she reflects and quotes from T. H. White’s book “The Goshawk.” The Best-Selling Sports Books 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z A British woman who is also a lifelong falconer raises a fierce goshawk, rekindling the spirit of this Arthurian sport even as she reflects and quotes from T.H. The Best-Selling Sports Books 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z By the 14th century, kings of England were regularly celebrating the legend with replica Round Tables, Arthurian pageants, and honors that are still awarded by British royalty to this day. Not-So-Dark Ages Revealed at King Arthur Site But a generalized Arthurian setting, perilous for most writers, is a larger liability for a writer whose mimesis tends not toward the specific but toward discursive monologue and dreamlike suspensions. Kazuo Ishiguro’s Folly 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation, depicting the Ku Klux Klan as Arthurian knights freeing Southern gentlewomen from their black oppressors, was the first blockbuster feature film. "We're the People:" John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath at 75 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z It may be a fascinating game with a compelling Arthurian tale. Predicting The Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2015: 'The Order: 1886' 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Written and directed by Roger Christian, it is an Arthurian tale of a knight who rescues a princess while he is returning home from the Crusades. Oscar winner on making lightsabers 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The location, near Glastonbury, was perfect for Kerr, one of a number of well-heeled hippies who were fascinated by the mysticism of the Arthurian legend. Been and gone: Man who helped get Glastonbury Festival off the ground 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Tastes differ, and Ishiguro is welcome to his Arthurian chain metal. Kazuo Ishiguro’s Folly 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z After the TV show had finished its run, the team reassembled in 1975 to make a low-budget Arthurian spoof, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Monty Python Has the Last Laugh With Farewell Reunion There’s a pinch of Arthurian legend in there, too. E3 2014: hands-on with the key PlayStation 4 titles 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z He explains it is from a movie called “Quest for Camelot,” an Arthurian romance a few Disney expats worked on for Warner Brothers in 1998. Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney 2014-03-07T16:11:44Z The game takes the Arthurian legend and plops it down in a clockwork, black-powder era. The Top Video Games Of 2014 2013-12-22T10:31:00Z Ishiguro seems to want it both ways, as befits the religious credulity, the Arthurian magic, of his fictional world. Kazuo Ishiguro’s Folly 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Sir Chris formed a new company called Arthurian, which then bid for and won the tender to manage the Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund which was launched in March this year. £50m investment fund to be examined 2013-10-02T05:45:20Z "This transaction represents the sort of exciting and innovative deal and investment that will become the hallmark of this Arthurian investment strategy for Wales," said Prof Evans, who is originally from Port Talbot. Medical research firm in £33.2m move 2013-07-22T09:32:28Z It’s a role-playing game set in Arthurian times, and its 3-D graphics are extraordinary — right down to leaves tumbling from trees and the flapping wings of a dragon. App Smart: Apps That Show Off Your Shiny New iPad’s Capabilities 2012-11-22T00:24:18Z "Camelot," said the Arthurian scholar Norris J Lacy, "is located nowhere in particular, it can be anywhere." Pietersen bowled for golden duck 2012-08-19T19:30:54Z Originally named Roundtable Partners, in a nod to Arthurian legend, the trading company rose to prominence with the proliferation of high-speed electronic trading. DealBook: Trying to Be Nimble, Knight Capital Stumbles 2012-08-03T01:55:07Z Sir Chris was not party to the final investment decision by the board of Arthurian to invest in fact was not even on the meeting. £50m investment fund to be examined 2013-10-02T05:45:20Z The chief heroes of the medieval Arthurian romances are the following. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z In his first volume, “The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems,” he came into competition with Tennyson, who was at the same time issuing his Arthurian legends. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z The Arthurian Romances were, according to this opinion. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z This has been identified by good authorities with Caradigan where Arthur held his court, to which there are many references in Arthurian legends. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z "Sir Chris Evans disclosed an interest as an existing ReNeuron shareholder and recused himself from all discussions at Arthurian Board and did not attend the meeting or vote on the matter." £50m investment fund to be examined 2013-10-02T05:45:20Z Yes, the Arthurian story displays every sign of Norman-French influence, but all the same, it was first cast into literary form in Wales. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z It was also a happy thought for him to weave so much of his poetry around the Arthurian legends. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z But the epilogue “To the Queen,” which closes the Arthurian epic, brings us back to modern thought and circumstance by its ringing protest against faint-heartedness in English politics. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z But though Guenevere has changed her lover, the tradition of her infidelity is of much earlier date and formed a part of the primitive Arthurian legend. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Arthurian Life Sciences Limited was appointed as the Fund Manager following a procurement process and there is a Fund Management Agreement that requires Arthurian to follow appropriate governance arrangements in line with normal market practice. £50m investment fund to be examined 2013-10-02T05:45:20Z GRAIL, THE HOLY, the famous talisman of Arthurian romance, the object of quest on the part of the knights of the Round Table. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Another poem of his belonging also to the Arthurian cycle is Iwein. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z It is a series—in blank verse, always melodious and often exquisite, giving the main incidents of the old Arthurian legend, which as a boy he had read with delight in old Malory’s prose epic. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z A curious fragment of Welsh dialogues, printed by Professor Rhys in his Studies on the Arthurian Legend, appears to represent Kay as the abductor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Malory has wrought the Arthurian songs into a mould of the purest English. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z The habit of private wars and of insurrection against the sovereign supply the motives of the chanson de geste, the love of gallantry, adventure and foreign travel those of the romances Arthurian and miscellaneous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The succeeding age saw the Arthurian story popularized, through translations of the French romances, as far afield as Germany and Scandinavia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z “Is anything of the Arthurian plan getting into shape?” he writes again in 1859. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Those epics have not only a different matter but a different form from the French Arthurian romances and the French Roman de Troie. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Scotland gave Ireland St. Patrick; Ireland gave Scotland St. Columba; the chief bard of Armorica came from Wales; and Cornwall has the Arthurian fame which is the meed of Kymric Caledonia. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The Arthurian knight is far more of the modern model in these respects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z It was, however, the Arthurian legend which of all his fabrications attained the greatest vogue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z I have not yet finished the Arthurian legends, otherwise I might consider your Job theme. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Tennyson, who only knew the Arthurian story through the medium of Malory, has, by exaggeration, largely contributed to this misunderstanding. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z There comes Tim Margrave, one of the merriest of them all, full of Arthurian valor and as gentle a knight as ever held lance or bought a city council. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z The Arthurian romances, less independent in origin, exhibit a wider range of view, a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more extensive command of the sources of poetical and romantic interest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Of the so-called "Arthurian" localities, the most interesting and richest in tradition is that of North Cornwall, and at its centre lie these ancient strongholds. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z The history of England, especially during the legendary Arthurian era of the early Middle Ages, and the history of American show business get hopelessly and comically intertwined here. | Long Island: Puns and Parodies, and a Killer Rabbit 2011-07-23T02:20:46Z We have no right to condemn beforehand an attempt to modernise the Arthurian legends. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z “Gawain to gaze upon the Grail”: Gawain was the son of King Lot and Margause, in the Arthurian legend of the Holy Grail. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Reference must be made to the article Arthurian Legend for the history of this controversy and for an account of its present state. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Thereafter his activities ranged over other of the Arthurian theatres and campaigns before he died at Camlan. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z Great shadows stretched along the rocks, Like giant curses overthrown By some Arthurian champion. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z Chaucer told none of the Arthurian stories, though he placed the scene of his Wife of Bath's Tale at King Arthur's court. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z Terry Jones, co-director of Monty Python's interpretation of the myth, and a keen historian, says he was always cynical about the Arthurian legend and its supposed virtues for this reason. Arthurmania 2011-06-09T02:36:13Z Indeed, the Arthurian knight, his character and adventures, are so much better known than the heroes of the Carlovingian chanson that there is less need to dwell upon them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The Idylls of the King are the outcome of an interest in Arthurian legends that seems to have gradually developed. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Gaining courage from the enthusiastic reception of the four Arthurian idyls, he undertook to carry out a long cherished design—which Milton and Dryden had conceived—of writing a national epic on King Arthur. Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z In beauty and dignity and human interest Tennyson gives us the great world of Arthurian legend in its most perfect form. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z Indeed, Nick Higham, professor in Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester and an expert in Arthurian myth, believes the sagas help us chart the development of national identity on these islands. Arthurmania 2011-06-09T02:36:13Z French narrative poetry was divided by one of its own writers, Jean Bodel, under three heads—poems relating to French history, poems relating to ancient history, and poems of the Arthurian cycle Chansons de Geste. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z There is no clear evidence before 1859 of an intention to treat the Arthurian story as a whole. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z We can trace for instance a marked difference between the effect produced by the Chansons de Geste and that of the Arthurian tales. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z He was a fair, tenoring sort of person with an Arthurian moustache and a disposition to long frock coats. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z In Britain alone several forms had passed their prime since the days of Caxton and his Arthurian prose romance of Morte d’Arthur. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z After this latter period the Arthurian romances, with more complex attractions, became their rivals, and induced their authors to make great changes in their style and subject. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z That is the field that includes the Arthurian legends and the Robin Hood stories. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z The Arthurian myth idealized their newer and more refined type of feudal civility. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Of the Arthurian folk-legend at Tintagel he said:—‘The spirit of King Arthur is supposed to be in the Cornish chough—a beautiful black bird with red legs and red beak.’ The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The Arthurian legends appear to have been brought to Flanders by some Flemish colonists in Wales, on their return to their mother-country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The 12th century gives us certain translations of the Scriptures, and the remarkable Arthurian romances already alluded to; and thenceforward French prose, though long less favoured than verse, begins to grow in importance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z A third form of Welsh popular belief as to the whereabouts of fairyland corresponds with the Avalon of the Arthurian legends. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z No popular epic, like the Niebelungen of the Teuton, the Arthurian legend of the Celt, the Song of Roland of the Frank, or the Spanish Cid, could have sprung up on Italian soil. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z And in our Arthurian parallel there is a clear enough relation between the beings inhabiting the invisible realm and the Brythonic heroes and gods. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Indeed, there is still a medieval-looking sign over the doorway to the writing house, which Steinbeck, who loved bantering in Arthurian language, named Joyous Garde, after Lancelot’s castle. Visiting Steinbeck?s ?Little Fishing Place? as New Chapter Opens in His Heirs? Feud 2010-09-23T20:30:00Z This brief summary of the leading features of the Arthurian tradition will indicate with what confused and complex material we are here dealing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" In Geoffrey's narrative there is nothing about the Holy Grail, or Lancelot, or the Round Table, and except for the allusion to Avalon the mystical element of the Arthurian saga is absent. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race When their poets came to treat Arthurian or Carolingian fables in the epics of Orlando, they apprehended them in the same positive spirit, adding elements of irony and satire. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z This is especially true with respect to the Arthurian Legend, and to the Mabinogion, some of which tales are regarded by scholars as versions of Irish ones. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The idea of the paladins forming an association corresponding to the Arthurian Round Table first appears in the romance of Fierabras. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Professor Rhys’ Studies in the Arthurian Legend are largely based on Welsh material, and may be consulted for details, though the conclusions drawn are not in harmony with recent research. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The “Lais” of Marie de France therefore point strongly to Brittany as the true cradle of the Arthurian saga, on its chivalrous and romantic side. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The chivalrous element of love which pervades the Arthurian Cycle, had been extracted and treated after their own -440-fashion by the lyrists of the fourteenth century. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Our study of the literary evolution of the Brythonic fairy-romances shows that as early as about the year 800 Arthurian traditions were known, though possibly Arthur himself never had historical existence. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z As already stated, the atmosphere is frankly pagan and barbaric, with none of that courtly element which we find in the Arthurian epics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" This theory reposes mainly on the supposed absence of pre-Chr�tien poems, and on the writings of Professor H. Zimmer, who derives the Arthurian names largely from Breton roots. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The introducers of the saga into Wales found, however, a considerable body of Arthurian matter of a very different character already in existence there. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race It is a curious agglomeration of anecdotes drawn from the history of the Suabian princes, Roman sources, the Arthurian legends, the Bible, Oriental apologues, fables, and a few ancient myths. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z It was chiefly during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that the Arthurian Legend as a thing of literature began to take definite shape. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The Arthurian cycle is developed in independent fashion in the Adventures of the Eagle Boy and the Adventures of the Crop-eared Dog. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Thus there are a number of parallels between the Arthurian and the Irish heroic cycles, the precise nature of which has yet to be determined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" It is probably a reminiscence of this deity whom we meet with under the name of Arthur in the only genuine Welsh Arthurian story we possess, the story of Kilhwch and Olwen in the “Mabinogion.” Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Follow with a sketch of the Druids, the Celts and their folk lore and the Arthurian legends. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. And we pass now from Arthur and his Brotherhood of gods and fairy-folk to Lancelot and his son Galahad—the two chief knights in the Arthurian Romance. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The scene of the “sparrow-hawk” tournament, described in Geraint and Enid, one of the Arthurian romances, is laid at Cardiff. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" In the Arthurian Romances also the comic element is scantily represented, and still takes the same form of exaggeration and horse-play. A Short History of French Literature Perhaps the Celtic “Land of Youth” may have remotely suggested those regions of beauty and mystery into which the Arthurian knight rides in quest of adventure. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Paper or talk on The Origin of the Arthurian Legend. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. I need but remind you that the Arthurian Romances gave origin to Tennyson’s “Idylls of the King.” The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde The Arthurian song of a strolling minstrel drifted up to him.... The Executioner Le Mantel Mautaillié is the famous Arthurian story known in English as 'The Boy and the Mantle.' A Short History of French Literature Tales of Arthur We next come to five Arthurian tales, one of which, the tale of Kilhwch and Olwen, is the only native Arthurian legend which has come down to us in Welsh literature. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Have papers on the great epics, also, with readings from the "Iliad," the "Odyssey," the "Æneid," the "Nibelungenlied," the "Divine Comedy," the Arthurian cycle and "Paradise Lost." The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. So much was prose the natural vehicle of expression for Gaelic narrative, that when in later centuries the Arthurian epics were done into Gaelic, they were all turned from poetry into prose. Ancient Irish Poetry They too, like the knights of Arthurian legend, had conquered the flesh for an ideal. The Bright Shawl Its mystical and transcendental sides are less vividly and touchingly exhibited than in the older Arthurian Romances; and its higher passions are also less dealt with. A Short History of French Literature The rest, as we have seen, are more or less reflections from the Arthurian literature as developed by foreign hands on the Continent. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race One set would picture an Arthurian legend, and others again were made bright with flowers, lilies, roses, and columbines. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens So far as the MSS. are concerned they are the earliest Arthurian romances we possess. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Compared with them the most fairy-tale-like Arthurian stories are perfect historical documents. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II The Romans d'Aventures supply once more, according to the Aristotelian definition, an Odyssey to the Arthurian Iliad; they are complex and deal with manners. A Short History of French Literature With all that other peoples have made—as in the Arthurian legends—of myths and tales originally Celtic, we have here nothing to do. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race We must remember that we draw our conception of Merlin as Arthurian archimagus chiefly from late Norman-French sources and Celtic tradition. Legends & Romances of Brittany A comparison of the Arthurian romance with the following poems throws no light whatever upon the authorship of the poems. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century The deeds of love are also compounded of Carolingian and Arthurian, but flavoured with special Renaissance feeling. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II For the mystical, the adventurous, and other sides of the chivalrous character, we must look to the North, and especially to the Arthurian legends, and the Romans d'Aventures which they influenced. A Short History of French Literature In their introduction to Tales of the Teutonic Lands, Cox and Jones declare that the whole series of Arthurian legends are pure myths. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The statement that “hardly any ancient traditions” of the Arthurian legend exist in Brittany is an extraordinary one. Legends & Romances of Brittany This contribution to Arthurian criticism was delivered with such force, faith, and genial glee, that no one, considering the powerful muscles of the speaker, was disposed to question it. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland This religious side of mediaeval life was also gratified by the Arthurian romances. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II On the other hand, M. Paris showed that Nennius is sufficient to account for Geoffrey, and that Geoffrey is sufficient to account for the purely Arthurian part of subsequent romances and chronicles. A Short History of French Literature For there can be little doubt that the name is connected with the Arthurian legend, and must have been brought to this far-off land by the early Spanish monks 200 years ago. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina On the whole, however, that seems to represent the sum of its pretensions as a main source of Arthurian romance. Legends & Romances of Brittany The old Arthurian story is the finer and more finished. Australian Writers But, as if in compensation of the usurpation of which they had been the victims, the Carolingian tales, pushed out of the way by the Arthurian cycle, were not destined to perish. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II Besides his Arthurian work he translated Ovid, and wrote some short poems. A Short History of French Literature These latter rarely mention Arthur, but the former belong, as Mr. Skene puts it, to the "full-blown Arthurian romance." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Let us collect, then, Arthurian incidents which take place in Brittany. Legends & Romances of Brittany It must not be forgotten that the guide-books usually put forward Camelford as another most important Arthurian place, mentioning Slaughter Bridge as the scene of the king's last battle. The Cornwall Coast Meanwhile, the day came when the romantic Arthurian tales had to dislodge in Italy before the invasion of the classic epic. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II Nor are there many traces of it in such fragments and indications as we possess of the Celtic originals, which may have helped in the production of the Arthurian romances. A Short History of French Literature From France the Arthurian romance spread also to Spain, Provence, Italy, and the Netherlands, even into Iceland, and was again transplanted into England. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The Arthurian version of the story does not, of course, represent Vivien as does the old Breton legend. Legends & Romances of Brittany Of these, all, except the Charette, deal with what may be called outliers of the Arthurian story. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 The stuff of Boiardo and Ariosto is the same: that old mediaeval stuff of the Carolingian poems, coloured, scented with Arthurian chivalry and wonder. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II Written before the vogue of the versified Arthurian Romances had consecrated the octosyllable, these poems are in couplets of six syllables. A Short History of French Literature A Welsh collection of stories called the "Mabinogion," of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and translated into English by Lady Charlotte Guest in 1849, gives further Arthurian legends. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The Arthurian story seems to be indigenous to British soil, and if we trace the origin of certain episodes to Brittany we may safely connect these with the early British immigrants to the peninsula. Legends & Romances of Brittany In the first and principal place, there has been a tendency, almost general, to dethrone Walter Map from his old position as the real begetter of the completed Arthurian romance, and to substitute the Troyan. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 On the other hand, in the Arthurian legends, and, above all, in the songs of the troubadours, the ideal conduct of a polished and valorous gentleman, especially toward the lady of his choice, finds expression. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The probable genesis of the Arthurian legend, in so far as it concerns French literature, appears to be as follows. A Short History of French Literature The literature of the Arthurian legends as given in Journeys, where they cover about 150 pages, is a cycle of great importance to every high school student. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide This is not to say, however, that Brittany did not influence Norman appreciation of the Arthurian saga. Legends & Romances of Brittany These Romans d'aventures have a habit, not universal but prevailing, of "keying themselves on" to the Arthurian story itself; but they rarely, if ever, have much to do with the principal parts of it. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 It was continued by other poets, and through this romance the quest of the holy graal became a portion of the Arthurian cycle. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. But the Arthurian romances disclose partially and at intervals a state of society decidedly more advanced than that of the Chansons. A Short History of French Literature While studying, he taught English for a year at the University of Iowa, lecturing on the history of the Arthurian Legends. Mr. Faust There are resemblances to Arthurian and kindred romances. Legends & Romances of Brittany Of course these were not absent in the older romance literature, especially in the Arthurian cycle. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Along with Old French national and Arthurian epics there were a number of romances based on the legends of Alexander, Caesar, and the tale of Troy. The Romance of Names In the Chansons de Gestes, in the Arthurian romances, and even in the earlier Romans d'Aventures, the supernatural, though recognised as became a devout age and country, is yet to a certain extent rationalised. A Short History of French Literature It was not too far from London and Michael had once stayed in the historical old inn in that quiet city of Arthurian romance. There was a King in Egypt Confining ourselves, then, to the proof of the existence of a body of Arthurian legend in Brittany, we are, perhaps, a little alarmed at the outset to find that our manuscript sources are scanty. Legends & Romances of Brittany The title of this chapter may seem an oversight or an impertinence, considering that large parts of an earlier one have been occupied with discussions and translations of the prose Arthurian Romances. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 But, before the dawn of the 16th century Malory had already given us Morte D'Arthur, from the Arthurian cycle, printed, as everyone knows, by the industrious Caxton himself. John Lyly The new form immediately reacted on the forms which had given it birth, and produced new Chansons de Gestes, new Arthurian Romances, and new classical stories fashioned after its own image. A Short History of French Literature His verse is far less smooth and less lustrous than in the well-filed times of In Memoriam and the Arthurian idylls. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation But are either of these conditions essential to a belief in the Breton origin of Arthurian romance? Legends & Romances of Brittany First there was the old Latin chronicle of Nennius, the earliest trace of Arthurian fact or fancy, with a single paragraph given to Arthur and his twelve great battles. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" One thing, however, was lacking for a time to the complete success of the Arthurian epic: the stamp of authenticity, the Latin starting-point. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance This, as we have noted, is impossible in the case of the national epics, and not too easy in that of the Arthurian Romances. A Short History of French Literature What three successive attempts did Tennyson make with the Arthurian legends? in what periods of his poetic development? Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English Based on the Requirements for Admission to College The two great hypotheses regarding Arthurian origins have been dubbed the ‘Continental’ and the ‘Insular’ theories. Legends & Romances of Brittany But there is much less reference than in the Arthurian romances, not merely to the mysteries of the Creed, but even to the simple facts of the birth and death of Christ. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Several are devoted to Tristan and other Arthurian knights. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance These touches of mystical religion are rarer in the later Romans d'Aventures than in the Arthurian Romances proper, but with them one of the most remarkable elements of romance disappears. A Short History of French Literature In the Lady of Shalott, the poet first touched the Arthurian legends. Brief History of English and American Literature In any case the entire body of Arthurian texts prior to the twelfth century is so small as to be almost negligible. Legends & Romances of Brittany The total mass of the Arthurian story may be, though more probably it is not, as large as that of the Charlemagne romances, and it may well seem to some of superior literary interest. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The Arthurian tales have long furnished English writers with themes for stories and songs. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year It was not, however, till the prose Arthurian romances of Map and his followers had made prose popular as a vehicle for long narratives, that regular history began to be written in the vulgar tongue. A Short History of French Literature The Sangraal of Arthurian romance is “the dish” containing Christ transubstantiated by the sacrament of the Mass, and made visible to the bodily eye of man. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 It is strange to think that Brittany, one of the cradles of Arthurian legend, could have produced a disbeliever in that legend so early as the year of grace 1113. Legends & Romances of Brittany The contents of the central Arthurian story thus elaborated may be divided into four parts: 1. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The Story, which exists in countless variations in many lands, is told from the earliest times in connection with the Arthurian legend-cycle. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series The Arthurian romances have been more studied in Germany and Belgium than in France, though valuable work has been done in them by M. Paulin Paris, M. Hucher, and others. A Short History of French Literature Tennyson's original design, formed early in life, had been to build a single epic on the Arthurian theme, which seemed to him to give scope, like Virgil's Aeneid, for patriotic treatment. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies I believe we passed an Arthurian battle-field, which naturally interested him immensely, therefore had to interest poor me! Set in Silver But unfortunately these last are not confined to Arthurian experience; and, as we have seen, Arthur's fights with the Saxons, except the last when they joined Mordred, are of ever-dwindling importance for the Romance. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) "The great castle in malevolent woods" and the country about it is very like the part of fairyland that M. Maeterlinck refound by following the charts of early discoverers in Arthurian legend. Irish Plays and Playwrights Giraldus was an intimate friend of that worthy, who deserves well of all lovers of medieval romance as a principal contributor to the Arthurian cycle. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse It is a free version of older French romances belonging to the Arthurian cycle. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. So that was a good entrance to Arthurian country, wasn't it? Set in Silver Yet further, I should be inclined to allow no small portion of Celtic ingredient in the spirit, the tendency, the essence of the Arthurian Legend. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) This book takes up the adventures of the greatest of the Arthurian heroes, from the very beginning, and also that of his son Sir Galahad. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy Very complete and free versions of the Arthurian legends from Malory and other sources. Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours The quest of the Grail is the central theme of the Arthurian Romances. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. It is no defect in the Arthurian legends, or the old French romances, or many of the stories in the Decameron, that they are improbable: it is a virtue. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth It neither constitutes a capital division of general literature like the Arthurian story, nor embodies and preserves a single long-past phase in national spirit and character, like the chansons de geste. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) To her he was the living embodiment of valiant knights and princes who figured in tales she had heard and read, especially those of the Arthurian Legends. The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists Together they went down the moonlit field, where the arishmows seemed like the pavilions of a long-dead Arthurian host conjured up by some magician's spells. Secret Bread Thomas Westwood's "Quest of the Sancgreall" is still one more contribution to Arthurian poetry of which a mere mention must here suffice. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century The reference is to the Arthurian legend and the long-expected, never-fulfilled, return of the great king; but the humanists usually leave the whole field of mediaeval romance severely alone. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London But his work covers very much more than the Arthurian matter, and has interests entirely separate from it. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) But there, like the recreant knight in the Arthurian idyl, he paused and doubted. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned In later days, legend said that where Joseph's hermitage had stood, there grew up the famous monastery of Glastonbury, and it came to have a special importance of its own in the Arthurian romance. Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion The first four pieces in the volume are on Arthurian subjects, but are wholly different in style and conception even from such poems as "The Lady of Shalott" and "Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere." A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Tennyson has given a more perfect shape to the Arthurian legends than Sir Thomas Malory, their compiler, or Walter Map and Chrestien de Troyes, their possible inventors. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century The Percevale story, it may be remembered, lies somewhat outside of the main Arthurian legend, which, however, had hardly taken full form when Wolfram wrote. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Its subject was taken from the old cycle of Arthurian legends, which were brightened with the terrorless magic of Ariosto and Tasso. Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I To please them, and because he himself loved chivalry, Caxton printed Sir Thomas Malory's story, in which all that is best in the many Arthurian romances is woven into one grand narrative. Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion Middle English lexicons and grammars, studies of special subjects, such as popular myths or miracle plays or the Arthurian legends, and the like. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Similarly Tennyson has systematically modernised the Arthurian legend in the Idylls of the King, giving us nineteenth century thoughts in a conventional mediaeval setting. Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson The Arthurian story received from fiction, if not from history, an almost equally wide bearing; and was, besides, knitted to religion—the one universal interest of the time—by its connection with the Graal. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) A reminiscence of the cult or of the magical power of weapons may be found in the wonderful "glaives of light" of Celtic folk-tales, and the similar mystical weapon of the Arthurian romances. The Religion of the Ancient Celts Then, in the latter half of the fifteenth century, the most famous of all the Arthurian stories was given to the world in Sir Thomas Malory's Morte D'Arthur. Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion Readers upon whom the shimmering exquisiteness of Arthurian knighthood began to pall turned with relish to Browning's Italian murder story, with its sensational crime, its mysterious elopement, its problem interest, its engaging actuality. Robert Browning This belief is common to all the Arthurian sources. Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson The literature of the Arthurian question is very large; and besides the drawbacks referred to in the text, much of it is scattered in periodicals. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Here, too, it may be noted that the Graal of Arthurian romance has affinities with the Celtic cauldron. The Religion of the Ancient Celts We put 420 for a date to the Southern Renaissance in China, and 410 to the age that became Arthurian in Wales. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 And the author of De Nugis Curialium, different as it is from the Arthurian story, could have finally divined the latter. The English Novel The origin of the Arthurian story is involved in obscurity. Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson The first and the most important thing—a thing which has been by no means always or often done—is to keep the question of Arthur apart from the question of the Arthurian Legend. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Some of the gods may lurk behind the personages of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Britonum and of the Arthurian cycle, though here great caution is required. The Religion of the Ancient Celts Though he ridiculed "Camelot," his own tradition, as we have shown, was received from the Arthurian source. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians Those adventures of particular heroes have sometimes a sort of Arthurian link, but they really have no more to do with the main Arthurian story than if Arthur were not. The English Novel Looking to the interest shown by so many thousands in Mr. Tennyson's Arthurian poems, the editor and publishers have thought that the old version would possess considerable interest. MacMillan & Co.'s General Catalogue of Works in the Departments of History, Biography, Travels, and Belles Lettres, December, 1869 Nor is it yet formally determined whether Chrestien himself, in those parts of his work which are specially Arthurian, had not Map or some one else before him as an authority. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The Arthurian poets, Malory himself, would have jumped out their skin with amazement, even with indignation, had they read it. The Poetry Of Robert Browning It is strikingly suggestive of the closing days of the Arthurian drama, the tragic note being often impressively struck, although not so definitely as in the Sonata Tragica. Edward MacDowell And the most interesting parts of the Arthurian story are rarely handled at all in such early vernacular versions of it as we have, whether in verse or prose. The English Novel Indeed, I think it would not be extravagant to say that he has given us here the noblest musical incarnation of the Arthurian legend which we have. Edward MacDowell Only the Arthurian story can approach them here, and that leaves still an element of gracious shadowiness about the heroines, if not the heroes. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The Anglo-Norman trouvères rightly considered the Story of the Holy Grail the central point of interest of the Arthurian cycle, or the grand climax in the legend. The Book of the Epic The present writer thinks that this scherzo may be omitted by a performer who satisfies himself that it is not an essential part of the Arthurian concept of the whole. Edward MacDowell The Arthurian Legend is the greatest of mediæval creations as a subject—a "fable"—just as the Divina Commedia is the greatest of mediæval "imitations" and works of art. The English Novel He had schemes for a music-drama on an Arthurian subject, and sketched a single act of it. Edward MacDowell Had Mrs. Lorraine never seen Edinburgh Castle rising out of a gray fog, like the ghost of some great building belonging to the times of Arthurian romance? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Launcelot and Guinevere are not the only examples in the Arthurian Cycle of the love of a queen for her husband's friend, and of his overwhelming passion for the wife of his master. The Book of the Epic The whole work was inspired by the Arthurian legends that MacDowell, with his love of ancient chivalry and romance, loved to idealise. Edward MacDowell We have just observed that in our opinion the first essays made by the Laureate with his Arthurian material had the best ring, or at least had some excellences lost to the later work. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 MacDowell had a peculiar affinity for the spirit of the Arthurian tales, and he was happy in whatever musical transmutation of them he attempted. Edward MacDowell The story of Tristram and Iseult is one of the most vivid and passionate of the Arthurian cycle of legends, and is a favorite with the poets. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems But some of these tales are connected with the great Arthurian cycle, as Arthur is the hero par excellence of Southern Wales, where many places are identified with him or his court. The Book of the Epic In his book he strove to make a continuous story of the Arthurian legends, and showed judgment alike in what he included and omitted. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The work takes its place in literature, obscuring the Arthurian work of Dryden, as Milton's achievement of Paradise Lost obscured the Italian work on the same subject which preceded it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 "Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight" is a priceless contribution to Arthurian story. The Pearl The story of Merlin, King Arthur's court magician, and the enchantress Vivian is one of the most familiar of the Arthurian cycle of legends. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems The Arthurian cycle consists in a number of epics or romances about King Arthur, the knights of his Round Table, or the ladies of his court. The Book of the Epic For some time he had been in doubt as to the subject, had considered the Arthurian legends, but had decided upon the Fall of Man. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Perhaps, though we be inventing a new fairy-tale, it will resemble the Siege Perilous in the Arthurian story, the chair where none but the perfect knight could sit. The Art of the Moving Picture Imperfect as such an account must necessarily be, it will yet suffice I trust in some measure to show that, like the England of Arthurian times, all the world is "fulfilled of faëry." A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients With respect to the origin and the early history of the Arthurian legend, much remains to be established. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 These composed poems possessing epic qualities, wherein mention is made of some of the characters of the Arthurian Cycle. The Book of the Epic We have outlined very briefly, as a work of this character requires, the principal features of the Arthurian, Carolingian, and Teutonic cycles. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art W. of Launceston; associated with the Arthurian legend as the site of King Arthur's castle and court; 6 m. distant lies Camelford, the famous Camelot. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The same thing is true of the Arthurian Legend and the story of the Holy Grail. The Glories of Ireland The study of the Arthurian legends is in itself a distinct branch of learning, which demands the lifelong labors of scholarly devotees. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 It was, however, the Victorian poet-laureate Tennyson who gave the Arthurian Legend its latest and most artistic touches in "Idylls of the King." The Book of the Epic Such was the popularity of the Arthurian legends all over Europe that prose romances concerning him were among the first works printed, and were thus brought into general circulation. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art NE. of Newport; celebrated by Tennyson in connection with Arthurian legend; it is a very ancient place, and contains relics of Roman times. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge In the Lady of Shalott the poet first touched the Arthurian legends. From Chaucer to Tennyson Of the poets of the present generation, Tennyson has treated the Arthurian poetic heritage as a whole. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 It is conjectured that the Arthurian legends must have passed from South Wales into Cornwall, and thence into Armorica, "where it is probable the Round Table was invented." The Book of the Epic Other writers took up the same theme, among them Walter Map, Archdeacon of Oxford, who connected it with the Arthurian legends. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art Yniol, an earl of Arthurian legend, the father of Enid, who was ousted from his earldom by his nephew the "Sparrow-Hawk," but who, when overthrown, was compelled to restore it to him. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge In the Arthurian romances, and those of the Charlemagne series, we have a number of adventures of different heroes, but there is no unity of purpose; each set of adventures is complete in itself. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Boiardo expressly says in the 'Orlando Innamorato' that his intention is to graft the characteristics of the Arthurian cycle upon the Carlovingian French national epic stock. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Thomas Westwood has composed in excellent verse the "Quest of the Sangreall," Mrs. Trask "Under King Constantine," a notable addition to the Arthurian cycle, and Stephen Philips has sung of Ulysses and of King Alfred. The Book of the Epic Fortunately "the question of the actual existence and acts of Arthur has very little to do with the question of the origin of the Arthurian cycle." Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art We know from his notebooks that he turned over in his mind a national subject and that the Arthurian legend for a while appealed to him. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge In Arthurian romance Calydon is a forest in the north of our island. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The result of this interpenetration of the two cycles is a splendid world of love and cortesia, whose constituent elements it defies the Arthurian scholar to trace. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Mr. Tennyson's Arthurian essays continually suggest to us comparisons not so much with any one poet as a whole, but rather with many or most of the highest poets. Famous Reviews Some critics would go so far as to maintain that Chretien came toward the close, rather than at the beginning, of a school of French writers of Arthurian romances. Four Arthurian Romances The Arthurian story he knew to be a myth and a myth was a lie; the story of the Fall, on the other hand, he accepted in common with his time for literal fact. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The prose series of romances called Arthurian, owe their origin to: 1. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook To summarize this discussion of the difficulties of the theme, there are now existing, scattered throughout the libraries and the monasteries of Europe, unnumbered versions of the Arthurian legends. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 So that, as they present themselves to us, the Carlovingian cycle is the child of the latest middle age, while the Arthurian represents the earlier. Famous Reviews It is aside from the Arthurian material, and there is no clue to its place in the evolution of Chretien's art, if indeed it be his work. Four Arthurian Romances Even if Arthur had been more promising than he is, Tennyson's sympathies were fundamentally alien from the moral and religious atmosphere of Arthurian romance. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The tale of Geraint and Enid allegorizes the contagion of distrust and jealousy, commencing with Guinevere's infidelity, and spreading downward among the Arthurian knights. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Characteristics of the Arthurian tale were grafted upon an entirely different stock, as was done by Boiardo in Italy, making confusion worse confounded to the modern Arthurian scholar. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 The Arthurian Romance has every recommendation that should win its way to the homage of a great poet. Famous Reviews This Arthurian material, as used by Chretien, is fundamentally immoral as judged by Christian standards. Four Arthurian Romances Dr. Ash could not have been well read in Arthurian literature, or he would not have turned the noble knight Sir Gawaine into a woman, ``the sister of King Arthur.'' Literary Blunders As wonderful as the rise of Gothic architecture and the upbuilding of cathedrals, as glorious as the light and art, that beautify the great temples of worship, was this re-birth of the Arthurian legends. Welsh Fairy Tales Finally, so vast and so complicated did the body of Arthurian legend become, that summaries of the essential features were attempted. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Though the Arthurian romance be no epic, it does not follow that no epic can be made from out of it. Famous Reviews And as one of his principles was that his hero must be a national hero, it was of course upon the Arthurian cycle that his aspiration fixed. Milton The introduction of a brother, as a definite character, belongs to the later stages of Arthurian tradition. The Romance of Morien In the Arthurian romances this Celtic king stands forth as the model knight, the ideal of noble chivalry. Early European History See, for instance, the clownish ballad of Tom Thumbe, with its confused Arthurian echoes. Ballad Book In these versions the story of Tristan and Isolde has nothing whatever to do with the Arthurian court or the quest of the Grail. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama As soon, however, as he came to understand the fabulous basis of the Arthurian legend, it became unfitted for his use. Milton A more advanced work on Arthur is Rhys, Studies in the Arthurian Legends. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived New national languages also were coming into being, and the national epics of the people—the Cid, the Arthurian Legends, the Chansons, and the Nibelungen Lied—were reduced to writing. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization The picture that forms in my mind of these women is absurd, Arthurian and exact; I see them as great ladies, mediaeval in their saintliness, sharing the pollution of the battle with their champions. The Glory of the Trenches Third come the Arthurian romances, and fourth those scattering miscellaneous ones which do not belong to the other classes, dealing, most of them, with native English heroes. A History of English Literature In 1638, at the age of nine and twenty, Milton has already determined that this lifework shall be a poem, an epic poem, and that its subject shall probably be the Arthurian legend. Milton These old Arthurian legends, the common inheritance of all English-speaking people, should be known to every reader. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived It is quite likely that what Homer had to work on was nothing superior to the Arthurian legends. The Epic An Essay Stories from the Arthurian cycle may he found in Newell's King Arthur and the Table Round. Halleck's New English Literature Of all the romances the Arthurian are by far the most important. A History of English Literature There were many cycles of Arthurian romances, chief of which are those of Gawain, Launcelot, Merlin, the Quest of the Holy Grail, and the Death of Arthur. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World A score of French poets seized upon his Arthurian legends and wove them into romances, each adding freely to Geoffrey's narrative. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived These facts are mainly important as testimony to the Celtic element in Arthurian romance, and especially to Layamon's use of current Welsh Arthurian tradition. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut This period would not have existed in vain, if it had given to the world nothing, but these Arthurian ideals of generosity, courage, honor, and high endeavour, which are still a potent influence. Halleck's New English Literature Malory's purpose was to collect in a single work the great body of important Arthurian romance and to arrange it in the form of a continuous history of King Arthur and his knights. A History of English Literature If the Brut had no merits of its own, it would still interest us, for it marks the first appearance of the Arthurian legends in our own tongue. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World The origin of these Arthurian romances, which reappear so often in English poetry, is forever shrouded in mystery. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived He makes some few additions to Geoffrey's Arthurian history, but his real contribution to the legend is the new spirit that he put into it. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut The Quest of the Holy Grail belongs to the Arthurian cycle. Halleck's New English Literature These romances, in turn, combine the personages of the medieval French epics of Charlemagne with something of the spirit of Arthurian romance and with a Renaissance atmosphere of magic and of rich fantastic beauty. A History of English Literature Where did the Arthurian legends originate, and how did they become known to English readers? English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World The third great Celtic Cycle—the Arthurian—bears close resemblances, as Campbell, of "The West Highland Tales," has shown, to the Fian Cycle, and had evidently a common origin. Elves and Heroes To Wace we owe still another debt, for the Roman de Brut served as the direct source for one of the greatest members of the Arthurian literature of any period. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut It is good to introduce children, especially boys, to some of the Arthurian legends if only to impress the ideal, "Live pure, speak true, right wrong, else wherefore born?" The Child under Eight Had Milton abjured the service of his cause, as his biographer would have had him do, he might have given us an Arthurian romance or some other poem of amusement. Lectures and Essays The matter of Britain refers strictly to the Arthurian, i.e. the Welsh romances; and so another division, the matter of England, may be noted. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World He looked like a large, grave, elderly monkey, but he was as brave as a lion and as courteous, as chivalrous, and as loyal as an Arthurian knight-errant. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In the long line of Arthurian chroniclers Geoffrey of Monmouth deservedly occupies the first place. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut We know that Chaucer despised the "false gallop" of chivalrous verse; we know that he had small respect for the marvels of Arthurian romance. English literary criticism At the "Centennial" Abbey discovered the Arthurian Legend—fell over it, just as William Morris fell over the Icelandic Sagas when past fifty. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists The greatest English work of this period, measured by its effect on subsequent literature, is undoubtedly the Morte d'Arthur, a collection of the Arthurian romances told in simple and vivid prose. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World Besides, it was proof that the Somersetshire people still remembered King Arthur—a point treasured by me for my father, who was a keen student and great lover of the Arthurian legends. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In the Augustan age of England, classic antiquity was a refuge for the dreaming spirit; in Shakespeare's day, Italy; in the fifteenth century, Arthurian romance. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism So to the Welsh must be given the honor of having sown a seed from which has grown the wide-spreading tree we call the Arthurian Legend. English Literature for Boys and Girls Parsons had tried water- color with good results; and Abbey followed with an Arthurian sketch—a local swain as model. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists As the Arthurian legends are one of the great recurring motives of English literature, Malory's work should be better known. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World The best Arthurian story of all was the following. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Again, if Armorica saw the birth of the Arthurian cycle, how is it that we fail to find there any traces of that brilliant nativity? Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian The Arthurian legends, which Sir Thomas Malory wove into one consecutive whole, had been handed down from generation to generation for many hundreds of years. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries In truth these Arthurian legends, in their origin prior to Christianity, yield all their sweetness only in a Christian atmosphere. Aesthetic Poetry As a literary theme the Grail is closely connected with the Arthurian tradition. From Ritual to Romance Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student. Alfred Tennyson It was by this ideal and representative character that the Arthurian legend had such an astonishing prestige throughout the whole world. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian The Arthurian knight, the Renaissance courtier, the scholar and the wit must admit the twentieth-century artisan to their circle. Songs of the Ridings English readers did not fancy any burlesque of their Arthurian tales, or American strictures on their institutions. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) Their story is mixed up with the Arthurian romance; but it was also the subject of separate treatment, being among the most popular of the Middle Age legends. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems After so many processes, from folk-tale to modern idyll, the Arthurian world could not be real, and real it is not. Alfred Tennyson Several Arthurian legends are impressed with the same character. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian That there are ballads of this kind in England, such as the Arthurian ballads, I do not deny. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies Leaving the Arthurian cycle, Mr. Morris entered on his especially sympathetic period—the gloom and sad sunset glory of the late fourteenth century, the age of Froissart and wicked, wasteful wars. Adventures Among Books Another form of narrative literature in the Middle Ages is that of Romances, and the great products of it are the Arthurian Romances and the Romances of Antiquity. Song and Legend from the Middle Ages The incident in the Arthurian as in the Volsunga legend is on a par with the Golden Bough, in the sixth book of the AEneid. Alfred Tennyson It is evidently of the same type as the Lionel-Lancelot story in the Arthurian cycle. The Danish History, Books I-IX Tenth century, the Duchies of Normandy and Brittany are in close relations; by the eleventh century Normans know Celtic Arthurian stories. Alfred Tennyson Through the Middle Ages, in the romances of Troy, she wanders as a shining shadow of the ideally fair, like Guinevere, who so often recalls her in the Arthurian romances. Adventures Among Books Alongside the Arthurian Romances, flourished many romances of antiquity. Song and Legend from the Middle Ages People may be heard objecting to the suggestion of any spiritual interpretation of the Arthur legends, and even to the existence of elementary morality among the Arthurian knights and ladies. Alfred Tennyson After, 1066, Normans in contact with the Celtic peoples of this island are in touch with the Arthur tales. 1130-1145, works on Arthurian matter by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Alfred Tennyson Enid was finished in Wales in August, and Tennyson learned Welsh enough to be able to read the Mabinogion, which is much more of Welsh than many Arthurian critics possess. Alfred Tennyson Those who object to Tennyson's handling of the great Arthurian cycle, on the ground that he is too refined and too moral, must either never have read or must long have forgotten even Malory's romance. Alfred Tennyson The haunting of Tennyson's mind by the Arthurian legends prompted also the lovely fragment on the Queen's last Maying, Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere, a thing of perfect charm and music. Alfred Tennyson |
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