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. CONTRIBUTORS: 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

About the Author
K. S. WHETTER is Professor of English at Acadia University, Nova Scotia. K. S. WHETTER is Professor of English at Acadia University, Nova Scotia. THOMAS H CROFTS is Professor of English at East Tennessee State University.

Reviews
Provides a number of insightful and intriguing ways of understanding Arthurian texts. * ENGLISH *
A provocative array of analyses of the various incarnations of Arthurian death. [...] This volume teems with stimulating studies [and] attests to its potential value as the seminal work for future scholarship on English (and undoubtedly continental) traditions of Arthurian death. * ARTHURIANA *



Book Information
ISBN 9781843842088
Author Karen Cherewatuk
Format Hardback
Page Count 278
Imprint D.S. Brewer
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g