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The chief legacy of William Henry Chignell (1841–1933), the subject of this book, consisted of several hundred hand-painted envelopes sent to amuse his children scattered around Britain and in far-flung corners of the Empire.

The chief legacy of William Henry Chignell (1841–1933), the subject of this...

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The great vogue in Victorian times for matters Arthurian owes much to the poetry of Matthew Arnold and William Morris. Unlike Tennyson, however, neither of these poets is now remembered primarily for his Arthurian poems; as a result there is no modern anthology devoted to this area of their output...

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This is the first volume of 'Arthurian Literature' to be edited by Professor Carley and Professor Riddy. It has a strong English flavour with papers on Malory, 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', the 'Awntyrs off Arthure', Hardyng, Geoffrey of Monmouth, and court culture under Edward IV. The new...

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Discussion of site and buildings, books and manuscripts, cultural life and traditions, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon period to the later middle ages.

Glastonbury Abbey was one of the great cultural centres of Anglo-Saxon and medieval England, yet this is the first volume of scholarly essays to be...

Read More about The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey: Essays in Honour of the Ninetieth Birthday of C.A.Ralegh Radford (J. Ranade Series on Computer)

This latest issue of 'Arthurian Literature' continues the tradition of the journal in combining theoretical studies with editions of primary Arthurian texts. There is a special focus on Chr tien de Troyes, with articles considering his identity, providing a new reading of 'Le Chevalier de la...

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The latest volume of 'Arthurian Literature' includes an edition and study of the widely disseminated Latin translation of 'Des Grantz Geanz'( De origine gigantum') by James Carley and Julia Crick, with a feminist reading of the poem by Lesley Johnson. Claude Luttrell writes on Chr tien's 'Clig s'...

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Read More about John of Glastonbury. Cronica sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie, Part ii (BAR British #47)

Read More about John of Glastonbury. Cronica sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie, Part i (BAR British #47)

This book focuses on how and why various cultures have appropriated the story of King Arthur. It is about re-vision, how cultures alter inherited texts and are, in turn, changed by them, and it deals with the ways in which various cultures have empowered the Arthurian legend so that power might be...

Read More about Culture and the King: The Social Implications of the Arthurian Legend (Suny Medieval Studies)

Read More about de Uiris Illustribus / On Famous Men (Studies and Texts #172)