King Arthur in Antiquity. - ANDERSON, G.,
KORTE INHOUD
Although King Arthur's identity is so frequently debated, he is almost always set somewhere in the Celtic Britain of the Early Christian era. This original and wide-raqnging study argues that the roots of the Arthur legend are to be found in classical antiquity and that the traditional British Arthur is a much later imitation. Graham Anderson examines hitherto neglected evidence fro two much older Arthur figures, known to classical writers as early kings of Arcadia and Lydia, who supposedly flourished more than a millennium earlier than traditional accounts suggest. He outlines the correspondence between these acient kings and the traditional Arthurian characters and adventures, exhuming an ancient Gawain-figure, an ancient Lady of Shalott and a predecessor of Excalibur. These earlier Arthurs indicate a wide range of traditional features already in place: hero of 'bear's son' type, rescuer of damsels in distress, transmitter of devine agriculture, 'greates of knights', founder of a 'Table', king and national...
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London / New York, 2004. XI,208p. Cloth wrps. With author's dedication on free endpaper. New Year's wishes from Graham and Margaret Anderson loosely inserted. Nice copy. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: ANDERSON, G.,] [Uitgever: Routledge] [Jaar: 2004] [Titel: King Arthur in Antiquity.]
