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Title:

The Scots and medieval Arthurian legend / edited by Rhiannon Purdie and Nicola Royan.

Publisher:

D.S. Brewer,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

viii, 156 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Arthur,--King--Homes and haunts--Scotland.
Legends--Scotland--History and criticism.
Britons--Folklore.--Folklore.
Romances, Scottish--Sources.
Arthurian romances--Sources.
Scotland--Historiography.--To 1057--Historiography.
Scotland--Antiquities, Celtic.
Scotland--In literature.

Other Authors:

Purdie, Rhiannon.
Royan, Nicola.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : tartan Arthur? / Rhiannon Purdie and Nicola Royan -- Where does Britain end? : the reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Scotland and Wales / Juliette Wood -- The testimony of writing : Pierre de Langtoft and the appeals to history, 1291-1306 / Thea Summerfield -- The fine art of faint praise in older Scots historiography / Nicola Royan -- The Roman de Fergus : parody or pastiche? / Tony Hunt -- Lancelot of the Laik : sources, genre, reception / Elizabeth Archibald -- Sir Lamwell in Scotland / Priscilla Bawcutt -- The search for Scottishness in Golagros and Gawane /Rhiannon Purdie -- Of an uncouthe stede : the Scottish knight in Middle English Arthurian romances / Cory J. Rushton -- Dead butchers and fiend-like queens : literary and political history in The misfortunes of Arthur and Macbeth / Andrew King -- Reinventing Arthur : representations of the matter of Britain in medieval Scotland and Catalonia / Sergi Mainer.

Series:

Arthurian studies, 0261-9814 ; 61

ISBN:

9781843840367 (alk. paper)
1843840367 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56347946

LCCN:

2004019578

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)