Arthurian Literature XXXV

ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society. DAVID F. JOHNSON is Professor of English at Florida State University, Tallahassee. Andrew Rabin is a Professor in the English Department at the University of Louisville. CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BERARD is the author of Arthurianism in Early Plantagenet England and an adjunct professor at Providence College. MARY BATEMAN is Lecturer in Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol. Her central research focus is the reception and afterlives of the Arthurian tradition and other British mythologies, though she has also published widely on such subjects as trans-European medieval romance, manuscript and book history, and even medievalism in early modern ale culture. 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.

• Arthurian Swords I: Gawain's Sword and the Legend of Weland the Smith - Richard BarberRex rebellis et vir pacificus: Civil War and Ecclesiastical Peacekeeping in the Vita Gildae of Caradog of Llancarfan - Andrew RabinOnce and Future History: Textual Borrowing in an Account of the First War of Scottish Independence - Christopher Michael Berard'Me rewes sore': Women's Friendship, Affect and Loyalty in Ywain and Gawain - Usha VishnuvajjalaThe Sacred and the Secular: Alchemical Transformation in The Turke and Sir Gawain - Natalie Goodison'The native place of that great Arthur': Foreignness and Nativity in Sixteenth-Century Defences of Arthur - Mary BatemanJohn Steinbeck's 'Wonder-Words' - Elaine Treharne and William J. FowlerThe Once and Future King of Atlantis: The Arthurian Figure in Geoff Johns's Aquaman: Death of a King - Carl B. SellArthur and/or the Grail - Norris J. Lacy

The 35th volume of Arthurian Literature easily reaches the high standard set by previous entries, while covering a wide range of literary and historical texts in new and compelling ways.