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Books on the Arthurian Legend for further reading

Modern Language Association of America. Arthurian Group. A bibliography of Arthurian critical literature (v.1-2; 1922/29-1930/35, New York).

'The Fall of Camelot' (by the editors of Time-Life Books, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA [USA], 1986).

Alcock, Leslie, 'Arthur's Britain' (Penguin Press, 1971). More documentary evidence of King Arthur's historical existence. Alcock has published many works concerning archaelogical excavations of Glastonbury.

Andronik, Catherine M., 'Quest for a King': Searching for the Real King Arthur (Atheneum, New York, 1989). Examines the historical evidence behind the legends.

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury' (Dutton, New York, 1958, reprinted).

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'From Caesar to Arthur' (London: Collins, 1960).

Ashe, Geoffrey, et al, 'Quest for Arthur's Britain' (Granada, London; Praeger, New York, 1968; reprinted with new introduction in 1987).

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'King Arthur in Fact and Fiction' (NY: Nelson, c.1969, 1971.)

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'Camelot and the Vision of Albion' (London: Heinemann; NY: St. Martin's, 1971.)

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'King Arthur in Fact and Legend' (first US edition, Camden, New Jersey/T. Nelson, 1971).

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'A certain very ancient book' Speculum April, 1981, pp.301-323.

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'Kings and Queens of Early Britain' (London: Methuen, 1982.)

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'Avalonian Quest' (London: Methuen, 1982; London: Collins/Fontana, 1984.)

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'Guidebook to Arthurian Britain' (London: Longman's, 1980; London: Aquarian Press, 1983.)

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'The Discovery of King Arthur' (Guild, London, 1985.ISBN N/A.) (Providing another convincing account of the historical roots of the legends and of who was the original Arthur).

Ashe, Geoffrey, 'The Landscape of King Arthur' (Webb & Bower, Exeter; M. Joseph, London, 1987).

Ashe, Geoffrey, King Arthur: 'The Dream of a Golden Age' (Thames and Hudson, London, 1990).

Ashton, Graham, 'The Realm of King Arthur' (Dixon, Newport, Isle of Wight, 1974).

Baigent, Michael, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. Holy Blood, Holy Grail. (Corgi, 1993, ISBN 0-552-12138-X, many reprints.) Not solely about Arthur, but connections of the Holy Grail myth.

Barber, Richard. 'The Arthurian Legends: An Illustrated Anthology'.

Barber, Richard, 'Arthur of Albion: an introduction to the Arthurian Literature and Legends of England' (London: Boydell Press, 1961.)

Barber, Richard, 'The Figure of Arthur' (London: Longman's, 1972.)

Barber, Richard, 'King Arthur; In Legend and History' (Boydell Press, Ipswich, 1973).

Barber, Richard, 'King Arthur: Hero and Legend' (Woodbridge, Suffolk, and Rochester, NY: Boydell Press 1988, ISBN 0-85115-254-6). Another version of 'Arthur of Albion'.

Barber, Richard, ed., 'Arthurian Literature, vols. I-X'. A collection diverse papers and studies.

Bradley, Michael. 'Holy Grail Across the Atlantic'. 1988. Bradley develops the idea which appears in 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail' Baigent, et al. Argueing that 'clue-books' were introduced into libraries in and around France including Europe, indicating the Grail was taken to Nova Scotia, returning later to Europe

Brengle, Richard L., ed., 'Arthur, King of Britain: History, Romance, Chronicle & Criticism', (Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1964). Modern texts in English, including Gildas to Malory.

Bromwich, Rachel, ed., 'The Arthur of the Welsh': the Arthurian Legend in Medieval Welsh Literature (University of Wales Press, 1991).

Chambers, Edmund Kerchever, 'Arthur of Britain' (Barnes and Nobel, New York, 1964, original copyright 1927).

Clancy, Joseph P., 'Pendragon: Arthur and his Britain' (NY: Praeger, 1971). Another examination of historical evidence to support the existence of King Arthur and then traces the development of Arthur from the tenth century onwards.

Coghlan, Ronan, 'The Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends' (Rockport, MA: Element Inc, 1991. ISBN 1-85230-199-6.)

Darrah, John, 'The Real Camelot: Paganism and the Arthurian Romances' (Thames and Hudson, New York, 1981).

Davies, John Glyn, 'The Apotheosis of Arthur' (Llanfairfechan, N. Wales, 1962). A Reprint of the lecture given at the University of Uppsala in 1926.

Dickinson, William Howship, 'King Arthur in Cornwall' (Longmans, Green & Co., London/New York, 1900).

Dunning, R. W. 'Arthur the King in the West' (NY: St. Martins's, 1988). This argues a 'Cornish' known as King Arthur.

Entwistle, William James, 'The Arthurian Legend in the Literatures of the Spanish Peninsula' (JM Den & Sons, New York/London/Toronto, 1925).

Fife, Graeme, 'Arthur the King: the Themes behind the Legends' (NY: Sterling Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0-8069-8344-2.) Examines the development of the art of chivalry,hunting, magic and the Holy Grail.

Gardner, Edmund Garratt, 'The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature' (JM Dent & Sons, London; EP Dutton & Co, New York, 1930).

Goodrich, Norma L., 'King Arthur' (Harper & Row, 1986. ISBN 0-06-097182-7.)

Jung, Emma and Marie-Louise von Franz, 'The Grail Legend' (Sigo Press, 1986. ISBN 0-938434-08 X.)

Jaffray, Robert, 'King Arthur and the Holy Grail' (New York, G.P. Putnam, 1928).

Jenkins, Elizabeth 'The Mystery of King Arthur' (NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1975; London: George Rainbird, 1975.) Many pitures, photographs and illustrations

Jones, Bedwyr Lewis, 'Arthur Y Cymry, The Welsh Arthur' (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1975).

Jones, William Lewis, 'King Arthur in History and Legend' (Cambridge, Eng. University Press, 1911, 1914, 1933).

Kittregge, George Lyman, 'Arthur and Gorlagon' (Boston: Ginn and Co., 1903).

Lacy, Norris J., ed, 'The Arthurian Encyclopedia' (ISBN: 0-85115-253-8). An illustarted reference book that offers a very comprehensive yet critical analysis of the Arthurian topics. characters; the historic, the legend and archaelogy.

Lagorio, Valerie M. and Mildred Leake Day, eds., 'King Arthur through the Ages' (New York:Garland Pub, 1990).

Lampo, Hubert and Pieter Paul Koster, 'Arthur and the Grail' (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988). Introduction by Colin Wilson.

Lewis, Charles Bertram. 'Classical mythology and Arthurian romance' romances Pub. for St. Andrews university by H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1932. An examination of the sources that Chrestien de Torye used for "Yvain" and other Arthurian

Lindsay, Jack, 'Arthur and his times : Britain in the Dark Ages'. (London : Frederick Muller, c1958).

Loomis, Roger Sherman, 'Arthurian Tradition and Chretien de Troyes', (New York, Columbia University Press [1949]).

Loomis, Roger Sherman, 'Arthurian legends in medieval art' (London, Oxford University Press; New York, Modern Language Association of America, 1938).

Loomis, Roger Sherman, 'Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages': a collaborative history (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1959).

Loomis, Roger Sherman, 'Celtic myth and Arthurian romance' (New York, Columbia University Press, 1927, reprints).

Loomis, Roger Sherman, 'Wales and the Arthurian legend' (Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1956).

Loomis, Roger Sherman, 'The Grail: from Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol' (Princeton: Princeton U. Press, 1991. ISBN 0-691-02075-2.)

McCarthy, Terrence, 'An Introduction to Malory' (ISBN: 0-85991-325-2). Malory and his book are placed in there historical context.

Markale, Jean, 'King Arthur, King Of Kings (translated by Christine'Hauch. London ; New York : Gordon & Cremonesi, 1977).

Matthews, Caitlin, 'Arthur and the Sovereignty of Britain' : King and Goddess in the Mabinogion (illustrated by Chesca Potter. London, England ; New York, N.Y., USA : Arkana, 1989).

Matthews, John, 'An Arthurian Legend' (London: Aquarian Press, 1991. ISBN 0-85030-909-3.)

Matthews, Caitlin and John, 'The Arthurian Book of Days' (New York : Macmillan, c1990) Illustrated. Associating particular point in the year with Arthurian beliefs

Millar, Ronald William, 'Will the real King Arthur please stand up?' (London : Cassell, 1978).

Morris, John, 'The age of Arthur; a history of the British Isles from 350 to 650' (New York, Scribner [1973]).

Nitze, William Albert, 'Arthurian romance and modern poetry and music'(Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press [c1940]).

Pickford, Cedric Edward, Rex Last and Christine R. Barker, eds., The Arthurian Bibliography (Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : D.S. Brewer ; Totowa, N.J. : Biblio, -1983).

Ratcliffe, Eric, The Great Arthurian Timeslip (Stevenage and Bungay [Eng.] : ORE, 1978).

Reid, Margaret Jane Cornfute, The Arthurian Legend (Edinburgh [etc.] Oliver and Boyd [1938]).

Ritson, Joseph, The life of King Arthur: from ancient historians and authentic documents (London, Payne and Foss [etc.] 1825).

Robinson, Joseph Armitage, 'Two Glastonbury legends: King Arthur and St. Joseph of Arimathea' (Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press, 1926).

Saklatvala, Beram, 'Arthur, Roman Britain's Last Champion' (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971.) A some what unconventional examination of King Arthur.

Scherer, Margaret Roseman, 'About the Round Table, (New York, 1945).

Simpson, Roger, 'The Athurian Revival and Tennyson', 1800-1849 ISBN: 0-85991-300-7.

Skene, William Forbes, author; Derek Bryce, ed., 'Arthur and the Britons in Wales and Scotland' (Lampeter [Wales] : Llanerch Enterprises, c1988).

Starr, Nathan Comfort, 'King Arthur today; the Arthurian legend in English and American Literature, 1901-1953', (Gainesville, University of Florida Press 1954).

Surtees, Scott Frederick, 'Merlin and Arthur', ([Hertford, S. Austin and sons, printers], 1871).

Taylor, Beverly and Elisabeth Brewer, 'The Return of King Arthur' (DS Brewer, Cambridge, 1983.) Containing an extensive bibliography.

Thompson, Raymond, 'The Return From Avalon' (Greenwood, Westport, 1985).

Tolstoy, Nikolai, 'The Quest for Merlin' (Little, Brown, 1985. ISBN 0-316-85066-7.)

Treharne, R. F. (Reginald Francis), 'The Glastonbury legends: Joseph of Arimathea, the Holy Grail and King Arthur', (London, Cresset P., 1967).

Trevelyan, Marie, 'The Land of Arthur, its Heroes and Heroines', (London, J. Hogg [pref. 1895]).

Vinaver, Eugene, 'King Arthur's sword; or, The making of a medieval romance', (Manchester, Eng., John Rylands Library and the Manchester University Press, 1958).

Vinaver, Eugene, 'Malory'([1st ed.], reprinted with a new preface. London, Clarendon P., 1970).

Whitaker, Muriel. 'The Legends of King Arthur in Art'. ISBN 0-85991-306-6.

Whitehead, John, 'Guardian of the Grail, a new light on the Arthurian legend', ([London] Jarrolds [1959]).

Wildman, S. G. 'The Black Horses, English Inns and King Arthur' (London: John Baker, 1971).

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Medieval and early texts

'Gawain and the Green Knight'. Many translations, included is JRR Tolkien's ('Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1930).

'Lancelot of the Lake'. Available in pb from Oxford's "The World's Classics" series. Anonymous, Arthurian cycle

'The Mabinogion' (many translations). The Mabinogion is argued by many to be one of the main Welsh sources. The stories and legends, the Arthurian legend can be identified although some scholars still challenge this hypothesis.

Chretien de Troyes, 'Arthurian Romances' (Everyman's Library and many other various translations. ).

Chretien de Troyes, 'Ywain, the Knight of the Lion' (a translation by Robert W. Ackermand and Frederick W. Lock, Unger, New York, 1957, plus other translations).

Chretien de Troyes, 'Perceval, The Story of the Grail'. (English translation by Nigel Bryant, ISBN: 0-85991-224-8).

Geoffrey of Monmouth, 'History of the Kings of Britain' (Penguin, 1966. ISBN 0-14-044170-0.) By the original Fourteenth century historian.

Malory, Sir Thomas, 'Le Morte D'Arthur' (many editions). The classic 15th century rendition of Arthurian legend French romances. Based upon Lancelot as a romantic character, and developed into the search for the Grail in later Christian terms.

Kibler, William W., translator 'Arthurian Romances' by Chretien de Troyes, Penguin Books, New York, 1991.

Matarosso, translator, 'The Quest of the Holy Grail' (Penguin, 1969. ISBN 0-14-044220-0.)

Middleton, Christopher, 'The famous historie of Chinon of England' (aslo incudes 'The assertion of King Arthure', translated by Richard Robinson from Leland's Assertio inclytissimi Arturii,( London, Pub. for the Early English Text Society by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1925).

von Strassburg, Gottfried, 'Tristan' (Penguin, 1960. ISBN 0-14-044098-4.)

Wace and Layamon, 'Arthurian Chronicles', (with an introd. by Lucy Allen Paton. London ; New York : Dent, Dutton, [1921]).

Wolfram von Eschenbach, 'Parsival' (Penguin, 1980. ISBN 0-14-044361-4.) A modern translation of a medieval text.

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Celtic legends

 

'Irish Fairy and Folk Tales' (Dorset, 1986. ISBN 0-88029-073-0.)

Alexander, Lloyd, 'The Book of Three', The Black Cauldron, 'Castle of'Llyr', 'Taran Wanderer', 'The High King'. Based on Celtic mythology.

Bedier, Joseph, 'Romance of Tristan & Iseult' (Doubleday Anchor, 1945.)

Flynn, Casey, 'The Gods of Ireland' (Bantam/Spectra). A series of books

Gantz, Jeffrey, 'Early Irish Myths and Sagas' (Penguin, 1981. ISBN 0-14-044-397-5.)

Gantz, Jeffrey, translates 'The Mabinogion', Penguin Books 1976

Humphreys, Emyr, 'The Taliesin Tradition', (Black Raven, 1983. ISBN 0-85159-002-0.) Boring.

Jackson, Kenneth, 'A Celtic Miscellany' (Penguin, 1951. ISBN 0-14-044247-2.)

Jacobs, Joseph, 'Celtic Fairy Tales' (Dover, 1968. ISBN 0-486-21826-0.)

Llywelyn, Morgan, 'Red Branch' (Ivy Books, Ballantine Books, 1989. ISBN: 0-8041-0591-X. Story of the Irish warrior-hero: Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster.

Peacock, Thomas Love. 'The Misfortunes of Elphin' (c1829; many reprints). An irreverent view on the Mabinogion.

Rolleston, T.W., 'Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race' (Constable, 1911. recent reprints. ISBN 0-09-467720-4)

Weston, Jesse L. 'From Ritual to Romance' (Anchor, 1957.)

Yeats, Wm. Butler, 'The Celtic Twilight' (Signet, 1962.)

Yeats, Wm. Butler and Lady Gregory, 'A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore' (Avenel Books, 1986. ISBN: 0-517-48904-X. Irish tales, includes also the legend of Cuchulain.

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Poetry

'Lancelot of the Laik'. A Scottish metrical romance, about 1490-1500 A.D. Re-edited from a manuscript in the Cambridge University Library, with an introd., notes, and glossarial index, by W. W. Skeat. London, New York, Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press [1965].

Carley, James P., ed., introduction. A.C. Swinburne (Arthurian Poets series, ISBN: 0-85115-546-4).

Carley, James P., ed., introduction. E.A. Robinson (Arthurian Poets series, ISBN: 0-85115-545-6). Robinson's Arthurian poems, published between 1917 and 1927 Pulitzer Prize winner.

Dodds, David, ed., introduction. Charles William (Arthurian Poets series, ISBN: 0-88115-291-0).

Hole, Richard, Arthur; or, The northern enchantment (GGJ and J Robinson, London, 1798). In seven books

Lupack, Alan, ed., 'Arthur, the Greatest King': an Anthology of Modern Arthurian Poems (forword by Raymond H. Thompson, Garland, New York, 1988).

Lytton, Baron Edward Bulwer, 'King Arthur' (London, Henry Colburn, 1849).

Maynadier, Howard, 'The Arthur of the English Poets' (Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1907).

Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 'Merlin' (1917), 'Lancelot'(1920) and 'Tristram'(1927). Verse retelling of the Arthur legend. The latter winning the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred, 'Idylls of the King' (Signet, 1961.) One of the most famous writers of the Arthurian poetry

About the 'Arthurian Poets series. All the volumes contain the complete Arthurian poetry of each author.

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Osganizations

International Arthurian Society-North American Branch

International Arthurian Society - North American Branch,
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Catholic University,
Washington,
DC. 20064
US

The Oxford Arthurian Society (UK)
Hannah Means
Regent's Park College
Oxford,
OX1 2LB
United Kingdom

Pendragon Society (UK)
Fred Stedman-Jones,
Smithy House,
Newton-by-Frodsham,
Cheshire.
WA6 6SX
United Kingdom

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