Arthurian Way of Death, 9781843842088, £50.00/$95.00, 278pp, 2009

The Arthurian Way of Death
The English Tradition
Edited by Karen Cherewatuk
Edited by K. S. Whetter

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 England and 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, Michael Wenthe, Lisa Robeson, Cory James Rushton, Janina P. Traxler, James Noble, Julie Nelson Couch, Samantha Rayner, Kevin J. Harty

DETAILS
4 b/w illustrations
Pages: 278
Size: 23.4 x 15.6
13 digit ISBN: 9781843842088
Binding: Hardback
First published: 19/Nov/2009
Price: 95.00 USD / 50.00 GBP
Imprint: D. S. Brewer
Series: Arthurian Studies
Subject: Medieval Literature

BIC class: DSB

STATUS: Available
Details updated on 09/02/2010

Contents

		Introduction Karen Cherewatuk and Kevin S Whetter
1		'But here Geoffrey falls silent': Death, Arthur, and the Historia regum Britannie Sian Echard
2		Mordred's Sons Edward Donald Kennedy
3		Dying in Uncle Arthur's Arms and at His Hands Karen Cherewatuk
4		'Hadet with an aluisch mon' and 'britned to noght': Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Death, and the Devil Michael W. Twomey
5		Love and Death in Arthurian Romance Kevin S Whetter
6		Death in the Margins: Dying and Scribal Performance in the Winchester Manuscript Thomas Howard Crofts
7		The Legible Corpses of Le Morte Darthur Michael Wenthe
8		Malory and the Death of Kings: The Politics of Regicide at Salisbury Plain Lisa Robeson
9		Layde to the Colde Erthe: Death, Arthur's Knights, and Narrative Closure Cory Rushton
10		Arthurian Exits: Alone, Together, or None of the Above Janina P Traxler
11		Woman as Agent of Death in Tennyson's Idylls of the King James Noble
12		Death as 'Neglect of Duty' in Howard Pyle's The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur Julie Nelson Couch
13		Death and the 'grimly voice' in David Jones's In Parenthesis Samantha J. Rayner
14		Roll the Final Credits: Some Notes on Cinematic Depictions of the Death of Arthur Kevin J Harty

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