05-03-2005, 09:07 PM | #1 |
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Does anyone else here enjoy Arthurian Legend books? I do. I saw a Gawain and the Green Knight. Tell some favorites so i can read them and favorite knights.
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05-03-2005, 09:37 PM | #2 |
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..my weakness, I've an "alert on Amazon and B & N" for anything with Merlin or Arthur when published. Years ago I reasearched them for over three years and planned and executed my quest in the UK, Cornwall area. I got very positive physci feedback and the three week investigation, for me, was confirming, illuminating and satisfying.
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05-04-2005, 09:55 AM | #3 |
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I love almost anything featuring swords and knights and damsels in distress. I suppose it sprang from a love of poetry; I've loved Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott for-almost-ever. I found a book with this poem in it along with some of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. If you like poetry at all, I would definitely recommend the Idylls. Terriffic stuff on Arthurian legends and based upon Sir Thomas Mallory's Morte d'Arthur.
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05-04-2005, 10:30 AM | #4 |
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Indeed, Rosie, I am familiar with all those. They're great, IMO.
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05-04-2005, 10:42 AM | #5 |
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Since we have such Arthurian enjoyment obvious here, would any of you care to comment on the Arthurian themes and usages in Harry Potter by JK Rowling?
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05-04-2005, 11:20 AM | #6 |
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Well it would fall under this title but perhaps a new thread might make the subject matter more clear. If you want to start another thread, go ahead, then let me know and I'll close this one.
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05-04-2005, 12:05 PM | #7 |
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Spock,
No need to close this one. I just thought it the correct group of interests to seek out and explore new worlds (etc, etc). I'll check in HP and open a thread there if there isn't a prior to reopen.
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05-04-2005, 01:20 PM | #8 |
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Here's a list of all my King Arthur books.
ATTANASIO, A A: THE DRAGON & THE UNICORN THE EAGLE & THE SWORD THE WOLF & THE CROWN THE SERPENT & THE GRAIL CORNWELL, BERNARD: WARCHRT-1: THE WINTER KING WARCHRT-2: ENEMY OF GOD WARCHRT-3: EXCALIBUR CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN: ARTHUR-1: THE SEEING STONE ARTHUR-2: AT THE CROSSING PLACES ARTHUR-3: KING OF THE MIDDLE MARCH GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN: KING ARTHUR & HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND T. LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R: PENCYC -1: TALIESIN PENCYC-2: MERLIN PENCYC-3: ARTHUR PENCYC-4: PENDRAGON PENCYC-5: GRAIL STEWART, MARY: The Merlin Trilogi-1: THE CRYSTAL CAVE The Merlin Trilogi-2: THE HOLLOW HILLS The Merlin Trilogi-3: THE LAST ENCHANTMENT The Merlin Trilogi-4: THE PRINCE & THE PILGRIM The Merlin Trilogi-5: THE WICKED DAY WHITE, T H: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING-QUINTET (AN ALL-IN-ONE EDITION: The Sword in the Stone, The Witch in the Wood, The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind och The Book of Merlyn.) Due to the fact that I've had loads of other books to read lately I have not been able to read any but the AA Attanasio- and Green-versions. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 05-04-2005 at 01:27 PM. |
05-05-2005, 09:01 PM | #9 |
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grey wolf, read some gerald morris, he tells it all with amazing new twists.
also, harry potter does have arthurian stuff. dumbeldore is merlin, don laugh, but voldemort is morgan le fay(power turned evil), and the sword of griffindor out of the hat.
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05-17-2005, 10:48 AM | #11 |
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i like arthurian legends also
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Arthurian Legends Thread merge? I do love Gerald Morris. Apparently he has a new book in the works. Or it has come out. EDIT: "The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight" by Gerald Morris. link
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05-18-2005, 09:17 PM | #13 |
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that new ones out, its awesome!
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05-21-2005, 08:45 PM | #14 |
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Welp, if you're going to read Arhturian fiction, start with the old stuff. Morte D'Arthur, Cwllyc and Olwen (sp), Eschenbach's Parcival, etc. Its all a bit stuffy, and sometimes redundant, but the old stuff is where all this Arthurian legend stuff came from. I wouldn't recommend any of the modern arthurian fantasies. I'm particularly opposed to Zimmer Bradley's absurd Mists of Avalon.
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05-21-2005, 11:52 PM | #15 |
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I'm re-reading TMOA and finding it much more for women than I originally realized those sever years ago upon first read. Also Gwen. is a much more unlikeable personage. However, the story as told from a womans point of view has a charm and tact that I found compelling to go through once again.
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05-25-2005, 07:43 PM | #17 |
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Yes, the mists of avalon were dissapointing, though one of its few strongpoints were the fact that it was through the eyes of the women and that it was from the viewpoint that the druids were the true religion, when its usually potrayed with the druids as the heathens. . . .
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05-25-2005, 07:46 PM | #18 |
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oh, and everybody read the sword and the circle by rosemary sutcliff,
this is by far one of the best books ive read on arthur, and its part of a trilogy, though i cant find the others. and the aptly named "arthur trilogy" and the sword of the rightful king.
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07-29-2005, 01:19 PM | #19 |
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I think for sher poeticism AA attanasio's quartet is a recommended read. I'm rereading it now.
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The seeing stone : Arthur trilogy book one / by Kevin Crossley- Holland. (2001) Is it part?
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