This text presents a comprehensive dictionary of characters, places, objects and themes found in the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Each entry provides a description of the name, including possible origins or historical basis of the name, and major characters and themes are discussed extensively and their evolution through the series of texts is traced.. Info
- Title : The Arthurian Name Dictionary (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
- Author : Brand: Routledge
- Rating : 4.69 (820 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-5-3
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 544 Pages
- Asin : 0815328656
- Language : English
This text presents a comprehensive dictionary of characters, places, objects and themes found in the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Each entry provides a description of the name, including possible origins or historical basis of the name, and major characters and themes are discussed extensively and their evolution through the series of texts is traced.. Information is drawn from significant Arthurian sources between Gildas's "De Excidio Britanniae" (c.540) and Tennyson's 19th-century "Idylls of the King". The book contains names extracted from over 250 original Arthurian texts and includes information on characters such as Lancelot and Gawain, places such as Camelot and Camlann, objects such as Excalibur and the Holy Grail and themes such as the Sword in the Stone and the beheading game. The text goes beyond simple definitions, incorporating background on how individuals fit into a particular legend and/or their evolution as characters in the stories. From Library Journal Grade 9 Up-Serious students of the Arthurian legends will find this a useful and informative resource. A "Source Index" consists of an annotated listing of the hundreds of resources from which the editor drew his material. Significant figures such as Guinevere and Merlin warrant several pages. While alternate spellings or names follow the main entries, they are not cross-referenced and there is no name index. More than 5000 alphabetical entries include the people, places, items, and themes found in Arthurian literature written between the 6th and 19th centuries. While some readers may find more detail here than they want, enthusiasts will fThe author brings a lot of insight to the early characters.Peter goes through a lot of change throughout the series, so it’s hard to remember this is where he came from. At the heart of those teachings is love and forgiveness. It seems a forced plot point - especially when he's constantly quoting the 'love of his life', endlessing scoring new sexual conquests and looking for new partners. It is a book I will treasure and read many times in years to come. To position your small business, you have to position YOURSELF. This book has a play along CD. In his debut, Daniel Scott has crafted characters we all know and care about. Some are more simple, some are more intricate. She had been badly abused by her last Dom. 101 American Geo-Sites That You've Gotta See is an excellent and easy to read field guide to interesting geological finds. The math section is fairly accurate, a lot of word problems. Not every idea in this book is right for everyone, but you'll always find several dozen ideas that'll work for you, and each one of these alone makes purchasing this book a worthwhile investment. Never have I been so WRONG!This book is by and for artists who are working on original ideas. But when you add it to the rest of the series then it was a good SHORT read. The characters range from truck drivers to female impersonator
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