The Arthurian Name Dictionary

by Christopher W. Bruce (Editor)

Overview

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. 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 f

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136755378
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1998
Series:	Garland Reference Library of the Humanities
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	544
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Christopher W. Bruce

Table of Contents

Foreword, Preface, Select Bibliography, The Arthurian Name Dictionary, Sources

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive encyclopedia of characters, places, objects, and themes found in the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table. Draws from all significant source between Gildas' written about 540 AD and Tennyson's 19th-century , including versions from throughout Europe. The entries range from a short identifying sentence to nearly ten pages for the king himself. Each is referenced to a source, which are presented in a endtable showing author and title; date, form, and language; description; keywords from the entries; and recent editions, a vital bit of information such references usually neglect. The cross-referencing is fairly good, often done as a full entry identifying a name as a variant of another, so the lack of an index is not a problem. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Booknews

"...extremely invaluable...a fascinating read and a very useful reference tool...that most large and public libraries should have." — Reference Books Bulletin
"Serious students of the Arthurian legends will find this a useful and informative resource." — School Library Journal
"...a valuable tool for study and enjoyment of an already-essential myth of our cilivization and greatly to be recommended to individual readers and libraries alike." — Arthuriana
"An excellent companion to The New Arthurian Encyclopedia... It includes all the characters and places; for the major Arthurian texts, the work is comprehensive." — Booklist/RBB
"Even experienced students of Arthurian literature will find plenty of new discoveries in Bruce's dictionary. Here the unbelievably wide "world" of Arthurian romance that William Caxton marveled at in 1483 is itemized in fascinating, specific detail. The book should be a gold mine for future Arthurian novelists as well as treasure for the inquisitive scholar." — Jennifer R. Goodman, Texas A&M University, Speculum

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