Alan Lupack 
New Directions in Arthurian Studies [PDF ebook] 

Eleven essays bring Arthurian studies into the 21st century, including film and black popular culture.


Eleven essays by leading Arthurians lead off with an overview of the field suggesting directions that Arthurian studies must take to remain vital. Other essays contain innovative approaches, overviews of specific areas of Arthurian studies, and suggestions for new ways to approach Arthurian material; they range over Malory, Latin Arthurian literature,
Gawain and the Green Knight, Merlin in the twenty-first century, Tennyson’s
Idylls, Arthur in African-American culture, current trends in criticism, Arthurian fiction, and Arthurian film.


Contributors: ROBERT BLANCH, DEREK BREWER, P.J.C. FIELD, SIAN ECHARD, PETER GOODRICH, KEVIN HARTY, NORRIS J. LACY, BARBARATEPA LUPACK, DAVID STAINES, RAYMOND THOMPSON, JULIAN WASSERMAN, BONNIE WHEELER.

Tabla de materias

Arthurian Research in a New Century: Prospects and Projects – Norris J. Lacy

Malory and His Audience – Peter J.C. Field

The Paradoxes of Honour in Malory – Derek S Brewer

‘Hic est Artur’: Reading Latin and Reading Arthur – Sian Echard

Judging Camelot: Change in Critical Perspectives in
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [with Julian N. Wasserman] – Robert J Blanch

Judging Camelot: Change in Critical Perspectives in
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [with Robert J. Blanch] – Julian N Wasserman

Tennyson’s Guinevere and Her
Idylls of the King – David Staines

Darkness over Camelot: Enemies of the Arthurian Dream – Raymond H Thompson

King Arthur and Black American Popular Culture – Barbara Tepa Lupack

The Project of Arthurian Studies: Quondam et Futurus – Bonnie Wheeler

‘Arthur? Arthur? Arthur?’ – Where Exactly is the Cinematic Arthur to be Found? – Kevin J Harty

Merlin in the Twenty-First Century – Peter H Goodrich