Promotional Information

Choice outstanding academic book 1988/89

Table of Contents

Origins * Early Arthurian Literature * Modern Arthurian Literature * Arthur in the Arts * Conclusion A Sampling of the Coverage Alfred, Lord Tennyson * Arthurian Places * Balin and Balan * Bards and Gods * Bleeding Lance * Book Illustration * Britons and Barbarians * Celtic Literature * Decorative Arts * Dutch Literature * Edmund Spenser * English and American Literature * Folklore * Geoffrey of Monmouth * German Literature * Gildas * The Historical Quest * Italian Literature * Lady of the Lake * Longborth * Manuscripts * Mark Twain * Merlin * Murals, Mosaics, Tiles; Painting and Drawing * Pendragon * Poetry * The Pre-Raphaelites * Radio and Television * Sculpture and Carving * Taliesin * Uther * Wild Hunt * William Morris * Woodcuts

About the Author

Norris J. Lacy is the Edwin Erie Sparks Professor of French at Penn State University and Honorary President of the International Arthurian Society. Geoffrey Ashe is an author and independent scholar in Glastonbury, England.

Reviews

"Attractive to anyone interested in the entire scope of the Arthurian tradition. In revising the original edition, the authors have wisely chosen to enhance rather than change. The result is that it is even more useful, specially for students, than the first edition." -- Arthuriana
"A very attractive book. [It] will be a welcome addition to both library and classroom. As a companion to the more ambitious New Arthurian Encyclopedia, the handbook will prove useful to both beginning Arthurian scholars, in search of a novel research path, and to literature and history teachers trying to construct interdisciplinary Arthurian courses. It has, as they say, a little something for everyone." -- The Medieval Review
"The Arthurian Handbook is the reference resource book for students of the Arthurian mythos...fascinating volume...fully updated chronology and many fine new illustrations." -- Wisconsin Bookwatch
"Praise for the previous edition: The ultimate reference on the subject." -- AB Bookman's Weekly
"Carefully edited and produced...belongs in every Arthurian library." -- Quondam et Futurus
"A distinct achievement...a fine reference work." -- Speculum