Modern Arthurian Literature: An Anthology of English and American Arthuriana from the Renaissance to the PresentAlan Lupack Some 30 poems, stories, and excerpts include treatments of Arthurian themes by John Leland, Swift, Wordsworth, Swineburne, Hawthorne, Charles Williams, John Ciardi, and others. Essays introduce each of the four chronological sections, but could have provided more information about some of the less well known writers, especially the women. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Introduction | 2 |
translated from the Latin by RICHARD ROBINSON | 12 |
EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 28 |
BEN JONSON 1573?1637 | 66 |
JONATHAN SWIFT 16671745 | 81 |
BISHOP THOMAS PERCY COMPILER 17291811 | 108 |
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 17701850 | 119 |
Introduction | 134 |
WILLIAM MORRIS 18341896 | 159 |
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE 18371909 | 183 |
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