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Arthur, King.
Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Legends.
Great Britain -- Antiquities, Celtic.
Great Britain -- History -- To 1066 -- Biography.
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Arthur, King.
Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Legends.
Great Britain -- Antiquities, Celtic.
Great Britain -- History -- To 1066 -- Biography.
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King Arthur [videorecording (
DVD
)] : history and legend / Dorsey Armstrong.
Teaching Co., 2015.
Call #:
DVD
942
.014
A735k
Subjects
Arthur, King.
Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Legends.
Great Britain -- Antiquities, Celtic.
Great Britain -- History -- To 1066 -- Biography.
Series
Great courses (
DVD
). Literature & language. English literature.
Great courses (
DVD
)
ISBN:
9781629971209
1629971200
Alternate title:
Great Courses. King Arthur [videorecording (
DVD
)] : history and legend
Format:
[videorecording (
DVD
)] :
Description:
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 180 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm)
Notes:
Course no. 2376.
"24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
Home use only.
Bibliography:
Bibliographical references in course guidebook.
Contents:
Disc 1. The origins of King Arthur -- An Arthur-like figure in Cornwall -- King Arthur in the Latin chronicles -- King Arthur in Wales: the Mabinogion -- Monmouth, Merlin, and courtly love -- The Round Table: Arthur in Wace and Layamon -- Disc 2. Chrétien de Troyes and Sir Lancelot -- Arthurian tales in Brittany and Burgundy -- The Lancelot-grail cycle-- The early German Arthurian tradition -- King Arthur's other German adaptations ; The Arthurian sagas of Scandinavia -- Disc 3. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- The alliterative Morte Arthure -- Sir Thomas Malory's Le morte Darthur -- Enriching the legend: Tristan and Isolde -- The Holy Grail from Chrétien to Dan Brown -- Arthuriana in medieval art -- Disc 4. Spenser, Milton, and the Renaissance Arthur -- Idylls of the king: the Victorian Arthur -- Wagner and Twain: King Arthur in the late 1800s -- Once and future: the 20th century Arthur -- Camelot comes to Hollywood -- King Arthur in the 21st century and beyond.
Performers:
Lecturer: Professor Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue University.
Summary:
For more than 1,000 years, stories of King Arthur and his knights have fascinated people from all different walks of life. What is it about this story that has given it such enduring popularity? In this 24-lecture course, you will learn about the origins and development of Arthur's story from the end of the ancient world to the present day.
Genre:
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Armstrong, Dorsey, 1970-
Teaching Company.
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2
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