Title: The fortunes of King Arthur /
Authors: Lacy, Norris J.
Publisher: D.S. Brewer,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Arthur,; Arthurian romances History and criticism.
Abstract: Offer an overview and a number of examinations of Arthur's fortunes. This work reveals the role of Fortune itself, often personified and consistently instrumental, in accounts of Arthur's court and reign. It traces the trajectory of the Arthurian legend, and follows the turning of Fortune's wheel, emphasizing the flourishing of the legend.
Contents: Arthur and kingship in the Historia Brittonum / Christopher A. Snyder -- 'For mortals are moved by these conditions' : fate, fortune and providence in Geoffrey of Monmouth / Siân Echard -- Visions of history : Robert de Boron and English Arthurian chroniclers / Edward Donald Kennedy -- Bruttene Deorling: an Arthur for every age / W.R.J. Barron -- King Arthur : from history to fiction / Dennis Green -- Welsh tradition in Calais : Elis Gruffydd and his biography of King Arthur / Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan. -- The ambiguous fortunes of Arthur : the Lancelot-Grail and beyond / Norris J. Lacy -- Changing the equation : the impact of Tristan-love on Arthur's court / Joan Tasker Grimbert -- Illustration and the fortunes of Arthur / Alison Stones -- The fortunes of Arthur in later German romances / Neil Thomas -- Pursuing the parrot : writing the quest in late Arthurian romances / Jane H.M. Taylor -- Reconsidering Malory / Caroline D. Eckhardt -- "The old order changeth" : King Arthur in the modern world / Alan Lupack.