Description
The origins of the legend of King Arthur in British and Continental writing and the development of Arthur in literature from the Middle Ages to the present century. Major topics for consideration will include: the origins of the legend; Arthur and the Grail myth; Arthur in epic and romance; the Lancelot and Guinevere story; Arthurian revivals in the Renaissance, 19th, and 20th centuries; and the quest for the ?historical? Arthur.