The Figure of Merlin in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
By: edited by Jeanie Watson and Maureen Fries.
Contributors: Watson, Jeanie, 1943-; Fries, Maureen.
Series: Studies in comparative literature ;; v. 2; Studies in comparative literature (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;; v. 2.
Publisher: E. Mellen Press; Edwin Mellen Pr
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Merlin (Legendary character) -- Romances -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Arthurian romances -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.; American fiction -- History and criticism.; Middle Ages in literature.; Wizards in literature.; Medievalism -- English-speaking countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([175]-197).
Table of contents: title: Illusion and relation / Linda K. Hughes; title: Lost in the Siege Perilous / David F. Goslee; title: The magic of fol-de-rol / Allison Ensor; title: Charles Williams' Merlin / Roma A. King, Jr.; title: That hidden strength / Nan Arbuckle; title: T.H. White's Merlin / D. Thomas Hanks, Jr.; title: J.R.R. Tolkien's Merlin / Miriam Youngerman Miller; title: The comic sage / Raymond H. Thompson; title: Mary Stewart's Merlin / Jeanie Watson; title: Modern Merlins / Peter Goodrich.