The first volume of The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture is the authoritative source for those wanting to explore the flourishing medieval world of Arthur from its very beginnings. Narrating the development of a now globally famous literary tradition from multiple disciplinary angles, it features chapters covering the early Arthur, Arthurian developments in literary genres, transnational and trans-media phenomena, thematic and character-specific topics, Arthurian matter in art, and the transition from manuscript to print at the cusp of the early modern period. Building new bridges between the literary and historical disciplines, and elevating ephemeral cultural forms alongside literary texts, this volume grounds its rich exploration of Arthur the medieval literary hero in a thorough engagement with the Arthur of histories, chronicles, political propaganda, and prophecy.

Raluca L. Radulescu is President of the International Arthurian Society and former editor of the Journal of the International Arthurian Society. Her publications include two monographs, The Gentry Context for Malory’s Morte Darthur (2003) and Romance and its Contexts in Late Medieval England: Politics, Piety and Penitence (2013), and eleven coedited collections of essays and journal issues on manuscript miscellanies, the Brut chronicles, genealogy and heraldry, and medieval popular romance.

Andrew Lynch is former President of the International Arthurian Society. His publications include Malory’s Book of Arms (1997) and many edited volumes, essays, and chapters emphasising themes of violence, education, and emotional development in medieval and medievalist Arthurian literature from Britain, the USA, and Australia.

Table des matières :

Part I. Post-Medieval Arthurs in Literature and Culture: 1. Welsh-language Arthurian writing from the post-medieval period Jerry Hunter 2. Arthur in England and Scotland, 1500–1700 Mary Bateman 3. Arthur in France, Spain and Italy, 1550–1800 Christine Ferlampin-Acher 4. Arthur in Germanic languages, literatures and cultures, 1550–1800 Christoph Fasbender 5. Arthur in English-language literature in England and Scotland, 1700–1830 Amy Louise Blaney 6. Arthur in continental Europe, 1800–1920 Carol Tully and Anne Berthelot 7. Tennyson’s Idylls of the King Katie Garner 8. Arthur in the English language in Britain and Ireland, 1830–1920 David Matthews 9. Arthur in continental European literature and culture, 1920 to the Present Justine Breton 10. Arthur in English and Irish literature, 1920 to the present Renée Ward 11. Arthur in North American literature and culture to c. 1900 Ann Howey 12. Arthur in North American literature and culture, from 1900 to the present Leah Haught 13. Arthurian legends in Japanese pop culture Makiko Komiya 14. Arthur in Africa Molly Brown and Wajih Ayed 15. Arthur in Latin America Juan Miguel Zarandona 16. Arthurianism in Australia Louise D’Arcens and Melanie Duckworth Part II. Arthur off the Page: 17. Arthurian art, illustration and material culture, 1500–1800 Peter N. Lindfield 18. The revival of Arthurian legend in art, 1800–1920 Mariam Hale 19. Arthurian illustration after 1920 in England and America Alan Lupack 20. Arthur in Anglophone cinema and television Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman 21. Arthur in non-Anglophone cinema and television Louise D’Arcens 22. Arthur in graphic novels and gaming Cory James Rushton Part III. Arthurian Approaches: 23. The evolution of modern Arthurian scholarship in Old French and middle high German Keith Busby 24. Arthurian places: tradition, landscape, and heritage tourism Kathleen Coyne Kelly and Susan Aronstein 25. Arthurian childhoods and Anglophone Arthurian children’s literature Catherine Batt 26. Arthuriana and race Helen Young and Matthew X. Vernon 27. Arthur the Warrior from medieval to modern Randy P. Schiff 28. Gender and Arthurian romance Corinne Saunders 29. Arthurian emotions Sif Rikhardsdottir 30. Arthurian romance in the global Middle Ages Meg Roland.

Informations pratiques :

The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture, éd. Raluca L. Radulescu, Andrew Lynch, Cambridge, Cambridge Unievrsity Press, 2026 ; 2 vol. (The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture). ISBN : 978-1-31651-600-3. Prix : GBP 140,00.

Source : Cambridge University Press