The Vitality of the Arthurian Legend: A SymposiumMette Pors Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium organised by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages held at the Odense University on 16-17 November 1987. |
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Page 14
... ideal manhood closed in real man ' " , he con- cludes , quoting Tennyson . Arthur personifies whatever ideal the author wishes to promote , and in Arthur's city of Camelot we see society's attempt to realize that ideal . In the best of ...
... ideal manhood closed in real man ' " , he con- cludes , quoting Tennyson . Arthur personifies whatever ideal the author wishes to promote , and in Arthur's city of Camelot we see society's attempt to realize that ideal . In the best of ...
Page 120
... ideal integrity of character . " Ideal manhood closed in real man " : in dedicating the Idylls of the King to Queen Victoria , Tennyson said that was what the legends were really about . The theme of the quest for integrity and so for ...
... ideal integrity of character . " Ideal manhood closed in real man " : in dedicating the Idylls of the King to Queen Victoria , Tennyson said that was what the legends were really about . The theme of the quest for integrity and so for ...
Page 121
... ideal man - because through his own experience and adventures and the great quest for the Grail he had become the ideal man- not through the channels of the Church . This was not a view of spiritual progress that the Church was anxious ...
... ideal man - because through his own experience and adventures and the great quest for the Grail he had become the ideal man- not through the channels of the Church . This was not a view of spiritual progress that the Church was anxious ...
Contents
An Introduction to the Story of Arthur | 13 |
The Historical Origins of the Arthurian Legend | 25 |
Recent Progress | 45 |
Copyright | |
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