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Arthurian Archetypes: Books on Arthur

Use this LibGuide with Ms. Elliott's English class.

Books on Arthur

 

 

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain 1835-1910. Mark Twain 1835-1910; Carl Reiner United States : Blackstone Audio 2007]

 

 

The acts of King Arthur and his noble knights : from the Winchester mss. of Thomas Malory and other sources

John Steinbeck 1902-1968. Thomas Malory Sir, 15th cent. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux c1976

 

 

Idylls of the King,

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Baron, 1809-1892. Edith M Ward; Edward G Bernard; Edna St Millay 1892-1950 New York, : Noble and Noble 1945]

 

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : a new verse translation

Simon Armitage 1963- New York : W.W. Norton 2007

Modern Arthurian Titles

During the 1970's 80's and 90's and continuing into the beginning of the 21st century, there was a resurgence of popular fiction with Arthurian Themes.

 

The mists of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley New York : Ballantine Books 1982

 

The crystal cave.

Mary Stewart 1916- New York, Morrow, 1970. 1970

 

 

Enemy of God: A Novel of Arthur

Bernard Cornwell New York : St. Martin's Griffin 1997, c1995