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The whole subject is brought up to date - Arthurian buffs will want this book. DAILY TELEGRAPHWho was the real Arthur? Why were his knights so famous? Was he buried at Glastonbury? Richard Barber takes the story from the anonymous 8th century chronicler who first listed his battles to the novelists of the 20th century. A clear and readable account of the development of the stories about Arthur and his court from the earliest times to the present day. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The present revised and extended reincarnation is substantially the same as that which appeared in both hardback and paperback in the 80s and 90s, and this time the plates stay put and the format is more friendly. Barber’s text is authoritative but accessible, and while you might not agree with or welcome all his ex cathedra pronouncements – Glastonbury fans may well lose their phlegm – there’s no denying that he knows of what he speaks. He also is clearly a besotted enthusiast of middle-brow Arthuriana, not surprising when his publishing interests are taken into account (he was a co-founder of academic publishers Boydell & Brewer).
Essentially Barber takes the historian’s view, looking at the sparse material from the early 9th century onwards, and combines it with a literary survey, especially authoritative when it comes to the medieval romances. There is a little on the archaeology, though he includes interesting discussion on the background to the ‘discovery’ of Arthur’s tomb at Glastonbury in the late 12th century.
The only lacuna in this otherwise admirable survey is any detailed discussion of everyday, man-in-the-street responses to the Arthurian mythos. If you are searching for analysis of the appearance of Arthurian archetypes in popular culture and consciousness, you will need to look elsewhere; but if you want a reliable overview, over time, of this phenomenal figure as he is developed and re-furbished, then you can’t do much better than this.
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