An Arthurian Reader: Selections from Arthurian Legend, Scholarship and Story

The Arthurian mythos is intricate and daunting — with current bibliographies listing over 12,000 titles. In this collection some unchallenged, long-neglected theories have been dusted off for examination and discussion by new generations of Arthurian scholars. From a medieval translation of a thirteenth-century text to essays by twentieth-century writers, "An Arthurian Reader" presents a cross-section of speculation both scholarly and esoteric, some well-supported by cross references, others containing some astonishing undocumented flights of fancy. All is part of the total spectrum of the mythos.