Arthurian Literature XX

Roger Dalrymple is Deputy Director and Professor in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford Monica L. Wright is the Granger and Debaillon Professor of French and Medieval Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. Her research focuses on the use of clothing in medieval French literature. RICHARD BARBER has had a huge influence on the study of medieval history and literature, as both a writer and a publisher. His first book on the Arthurian legend appeared in 1961, and his major works include The Knight and Chivalry (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971), Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, The Penguin Guide to Medieval Europe and The Holy Grail: the History of a Legend which was widely praised and was translated into six languages.

• Reassessing Chrétien's Elusive Vanz - Gerald SeamanTheir Clothing Becomes Them: The Narrative Function of Clothing in Chrétien de Troyes - Monica L. WrightGeneric Hybridity in Hartmann von Aue's Der Arme Heinrich - Jane DewhurstThe Grail Temple in Der jüngere Titurel [with Cyril Edwards] - Richard BarberThe Grail Temple in Der jüngere Titurel [with Richard Barber] - Cyril EdwardsThe Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne: Reliquary for Romance - Krista Sue-Lo TwuThe Blinding of Gwennere: Thomas Chestre as Social Critic - Dinah HazellMalory's Morte Darthur: A Politically Neutral English Adaptation of the Arthurian Story - Edward Donald KennedyKing, Crusader, Knight: The Composite Arthur of the Middle English Prose Brut - Tamar DrukkerPendragon, Merlin and Logos: The Undoing of Babel in That Hideous Strength - Janina P Traxler

[Its] rich variety is no small part of the value of this work....Arthurian scholars in French, German and English will find something of value in this collection. It should be read by all interested in Arthur.