num_pages: 278
description: The motif of death and dying traced through over a thousand years of the English Arthurian tradition.It is arguably the tragic end to Arthur's kingdom which gives the myth its exceptional resonance and power. The essays in this volume explore the presentation of death and dying in Arthurian literature and film produced in Englandand America from the middle ages to the modern day. Authors texts and topics covered include Geoffrey of Monmouth the chronicle tradition and the alliterative Morte Arthure; Gawain and the Green Knight Ywain and Gawain the stanzaic Morte Arthur and Malory's Morte Darthur; Tennyson's Idylls Pyle's retelling of the myth for American children David Jones T.H. White Donald Barthelme Rosalind Miles and Parke Godwin. Featured films include Knight Rider Excalibur First Knight and King Arthur. Sian Echard Edward Donald Kennedy Karen Cherewatuk Michael W. Twomey K. S. Whetter Thomas Crofts MichaelWenthe Lisa Robeson Cory James Rushton Janina P. Traxler James Noble Julie Nelson Couch Samantha Rayner Kevin J. Harty
language: English
title: The Arthurian Way of Death: The English Tradition
publisher: D.S.Brewer