The Stirring Tales of King Arthur of British Legend
Christopher Snyder : The World of King Arthur (2002)
The Legend of Arthur is used by each generation to reflect changing views on how the world works. The Legend changes and grows as each society changes and grows.
Arthur, be he Celtic Warrior, Romano-British General, Scottish Nationalist or Christian King is still the most widely known figure from the semi-mythical past. Call him myth, call him folklore, call him what you will. To me he is the stuff of faraway childhood, a voice from forgotten ancestors, a Hero.
He sleeps in mystical Avalon, till the day when he will return to lead his people.
The Enduring Story of King Arthur
A man for all seasons
The story of Arthur has lived on for almost fifteen hundred years and that story has shifted to suit whoever was telling the tale.
In his earliest form in Welsh literature, Arthur appears almost entirely mythical. He consorts with giants and other mythological creatures, and, when fatally wounded in battle, is carried to a type of Underworld, there to sleep.
From this beginning he has become a legendary British leader who led the defense of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century.
Arthurian literature thrived during the Middle Ages but waned in the centuries that followed until it experienced a major resurgence in the 19th century.
Today, the legend lives on, both in literature and in adaptations for theatre, film, television, comics and computer games.
How I met Arthur
My first meeting with Arthur was in my early childhood, in a collection of exciting tales of knights, damsels, tournaments, jousts, mysterious warriors in green, hard-faced heroes throwing gauntlets and lovely ladies throwing gloves. The book was The Boy's King Arthur.
It was an edited version of Thomas Malory's Morte D'Arthur and you can read Volume 1 of the original classic at Electronic Text Centre, University of Virginia Library
I wonder now who chose this book for me or if it originally belonged to my brother. Whatever, wherever it came from, I have been besotted with Arthur ever since.
The Boy's King Arthur
This is the book that started my lifelong fascination with Arthur. I wish I still had my copy, it's a collectible now.
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