Table of Contents

Part 1 The Renaissance to the Nineteenth Century; Introduction; Chapter 2 The Assertion of King Arthure, Richard Robinson, John Leland; Chapter 3 From: The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser; Chapter 4 The Speeches at Prince Henries Barriers1. The celebration in honor of the investiture of Henry, eldest son of King James, as Prince of Wales in 1610., Ben Jonson; Chapter 5 A Famous Prediction of Merlin, The British Wizard, Written Above a Thousand Years Ago, And Relating to the Year 1709 With Explanatory Notes by T.N. Philomath Written in the Year 1709, Jonathan Swift; Chapter 6 Tom Thumb, Henry Fielding; Chapter 7 The Marriage of Sir Gawaine, Bishop Thomas Percy; Chapter 8 The Egyptian Maid or The Romance of the Water-Lily, William Wordsworth; Part 2 The Victorians; Chapter 9 Introduction; Chapter 10 The Lady of Shalott, Lord Tennyson Alfred; Chapter 11 Sir Galahad, Lord Tennyson Alfred; Chapter 12 Merlin and the Gleam, Lord Tennyson Alfred; Chapter 13 The Defence of Guenevere, William Morris; Chapter 14 King Arthur's Tomb, William Morris; Chapter 15 The Day before the Trial, Algernon Charles Swinburne; Chapter 16 Lancelot, Algernon Charles Swinburne; Chapter 17 Tristram and Iseult, Matthew Arnold; Chapter 18 From: The Feasts of Camelot, Mrs. T. K. Hervey; Chapter 19 King Arthur A Drama in a Prologue and Four Acts, J. Comyns Carr; Part 3 America; Chapter 20 Introduction; Chapter 21 The Vision of Sir Launfal, James Russell Lowell; Chapter 22 The Antique Ring, Nathaniel Hawthorne; Chapter 23 Kathanal, Katrina Trask; Chapter 24 From: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Howard Pyle; Chapter 25 Guenevere, Sara Teasdale; Chapter 26 Merlin, Edwin Arlington Robinson; Part 4 The Modern Period; Chapter 27 Introduction; Chapter 28 Gwenivere Tells, John Masefield; Chapter 29 The Death of Lancelot As Told by Gwenivere, John Masefield; Chapter 30 Mount Badon, Charles Williams; Chapter 31 The Coming of Galahad, Charles Williams; Chapter 32 Merlin Enthralled, Richard Wilbur; Chapter 33 Launcelot in Hell, John Ciardi; Chapter 34 From: Book IX of Arthur Rex, Thomas Berger; Chapter 35 The Naming of the Lost, Valerie Nieman Colander; Chapter 36 Guenever Speaks, Wendy M. Mnookin;

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Alan Lupack

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"A concise history of Arthurian literature...useful for undergraduate courses...your library will probably want a copy, and if you are interested in modern versions of Arthurian material, you will too." -- Science Fiction Research Association Review