Return of King Arthur British and American Arthurian Literature Since 1800

by Beverly Taylor and Elisabeth Brewer

The revival of interest in Arthurian legend in the 19th century was a remarkable phenomenon, apparently at odds with the spirit of the age. Tennyson was widely criticised for his choice of a medieval topic; yet The Idylls of the Kingwere accepted as the national epic, and a flood of lesser works was inspired by them, on both sides of the Atlantic. Elisabeth Brewer and Beverly Taylor survey the course of Arthurian literature from 1800 to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859911365
• ISBN13: 9780859911368
• Release Date: September 1983
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"