Celtic
Literature Medieval Literature Pre-Galfidian Gildas Nennius Geoffrey of
Monthmouth Robert Wace Chretien de Troyes Robert de Boron Thomas Malory
Mabinogion Vulgate Cycle Alfred Tennyson JRR Tolkein
Arthurian Literature has taken the ancient
legends from the
and placed them in new
stories and poems of Arthurian Literature about King Arthur for a new audience.
The Mabinogion
is a collection of prose stories taken from medieval Welsh manuscripts
which
draw upon Celtic mythology infused with both pre-Christian and
early Christian themes in Arthurian Literature.
The
Vulgate Cycle is an ancient collection of
Christian stories about King Arthur written from between 1210 and 1240.
In
our
Introduction
we describe this long process of Arthurian Literature and oral storytelling,
from early writers such as the priest Geoffrey of Monmouth until today.
resurrected some of the great Arthurian legends from several centuries of literary
neglect, and placed the person of Arthur firmly in the literature, imagination
and morals of
the Victorians.
More writers followed, and later J.R.R. Tolkien brought about another
Arthurian revival after the Second World War, with his monumental
trilogy: The Lord of the Rings.
Arthurian legends will continue to inspire our
literature -and us- into the future.
As Tolkien himself said:
The road goes ever onward.
The web site, by Professor Deborah Vess,
provides an interesting range of links to Arthurian literature and
historical records from the late Roman period through to the 16th
Century. It is aimed particularly at students, but is well worth
investigating by everyone.
Arthurian Literature has taken the ancient
legends from the
