List of books about King Arthur

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of books about King Arthur, or his related world, family, friends or enemies.

Contents 1 9th century 2 10th century 3 11th century 3.1 Latin 3.2 Welsh 4 12th century 4.1 Latin 4.2 French and Anglo-Norman 4.3 German 5 13th century 5.1 French, Anglo-Norman or Provincal 5.2 German 5.3 Norse 5.4 English 5.5 Dutch 5.6 Hebrew 6 14th century 6.1 English 6.2 Welsh 6.3 Italian 6.4 French 6.5 Greek 7 15th century 7.1 English 7.2 Italian 8 16th century 8.1 English 8.2 Welsh 8.3 Byelo-Russian 9 17th century 9.1 English 9.2 Yiddish 10 18th century 11 19th century 12 20th century 13 21st century 14 Nonfiction 15 External links

[edit] 9th century

• Historia Britonum attributed to Nennius

[edit] 10th century

• Annales Cambriae Anonymous
• Preiddeu Annwfn attributed to Taliesin

[edit] 11th century

[edit] Latin

[edit] Welsh

• Culhwch and Olwen Anonymous

[edit] 12th century

[edit] Latin

• The Legend of St. Goeznovius circa 1119 (Mentions Arthur and Vortigern)
• Gesta Regnum Anglorum by William of Malmesbury 1125 (Mentions Arthur)
• Historia Anglorum by Henry of Huntingdon 1129 (Mentions Arthur)
• Vita Santi Gildae by Caradoc of Llancarfan. A life of Saint Gildas the Wise, with an early version of Malegant-Guenivere abduction narrative. circa 1130
• Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth
  • Historia Regum Britanniae circa 1136
  • Vita Merlini circa 1140
• Life of Saint Kentigern circa 1185 (Contains a version of the Merlin legend, here called Lailoken)
• Vita Sancti Illtud circa 1190s (Mentions Arthur and King Mark)
• Vita Sancti Cadoc circa 1190s (Mentions Arthur)
• Vita Sancti Caranog circa 1190s (Mentions Arthur)

[edit] French and Anglo-Norman

• Roman de Brut by Wace circa 1155 (an Anglo-Norman verse reworking of Historia Regum Brittania)
• Tristan by Thomas of Britain circa 1170s
• Tristan by Béroul circa 1170s
• The Lais of Marie de France circa 1170s
  • Lanval
  • Chevrefoil circa 1170s, an episode of the Tristan and Iseult story

• The poems of Chrétien de Troyes
  • Erec and Enide circa 1170s
  • Cligés circa 1170s
  • Yvain, the Knight of the Lion circa 1180s
  • Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart circa 1180s
  • Perceval, le Conte du Graal circa 1190

• The poems of Robert de Boron
  • Joseph d'Arimathie
  • Merlin
  • Perceval

(Robert de Borons verse Josepheh of Arimathie and 300 lines of Merlin are extant. A prose version of Joseph d'Arimathie, Merlin, Perzival trilogy, suppossedly by Robert exists in two MSS.)

[edit] German

• Tristan by Eilhart von Oberge circa 1170s
• Lanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven late 12th century
• Erec and Iwein by Hartmann von Aue late 12th century (German reworking of Chrétien de Troyes's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion and Erec and Enide

[edit] 13th century

[edit] French, Anglo-Norman or Provincal

• Roman de Fergus by Guillaume le Clerc 1190s/1200s
• Jaufré Anonymous
• Lancelot-Grail Anonymous (begun 1210s, finished 1230s)
  • Estoire del Saint Grail
  • Estoire de Merlin
  • Lancelot propre
  • Queste del Saint Graal
  • Mort Artu
• Perlesvaus Anonymous, circa 1210s
• Prose Tristan by "Luce de Gat" (1230s) and "Helie de Boron" (circa 1240)
• Roman de Silence by Heldrius de Cornwall circa 1260s
• Post-Vulgate Cycle Anonymous (begun 1230s, finished 1240s)
• Roman de Roi Artus by Rustichello da Pisa; Franco-Italian, circa 1290s -1300

[edit] German

• Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg circa 1210s
• Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach circa 1210s
• Daniel von Blumenthal by Stricker
• Diu Crône Anonymous

[edit] Norse

• Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar Brother Robert 1226 (Norse reworking Tristan by Thomas of Britain)
• Ivens Saga Brother Robert 1226 (Norse reworking of Chretien de Troyes Yvain, the Knight of the Lion)
• Erex Saga perhaps originally by Robert. (Text probably changed in MS. transmission. A Norse reworking of Erec and Enide)

[edit] English

• Brut by Layamon (English reworking of Geoffrey of Monmouth)
• Sir Tristrem circa 1300 (English reworking of Tristan by Thomas of Britain)

[edit] Dutch

• The Lancelot-Compilatie, an adaptation of the Lancelot-Grail, but including several other romances as well:
  • Morien, Anonymous
  • Torec, by Jacob van Maerlant

[edit] Hebrew

• Melech Artu A Hebrew reworking of the Historia Regum Brittanie

[edit] 14th century

[edit] English

• Alliterative Morte Arthure Anonymous
• Stanzic Morte Arthure Anonymous
• The Avowyng of Arthur
• The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle Anonymous
• The Awntyrs off Arthure Anonymous
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by The Pearl Poet
• Sir Launfal by Thomas Chestre
• Sir Libeaus Desconus
• Ywain and Gawain
• Sir Perceval of Galles
• Lancelot of the Laik

[edit] Welsh

(All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial)

• Mabinogion Anonymous
• Culhwch and Olwen (recorded)
• The Dream of Rhonabwy
• The Welsh Romances
  • Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain
  • Geraint and Enid
  • Peredur, son of Efrawg

[edit] Italian

• Tavola Ritonda Anonymous

[edit] French

• Perceforest Anonymous

[edit] Greek

• Presbys Hippotes (Greek reworking of part of Rustichello da Pisa's Compilations

[edit] 15th century

[edit] English

• Arthur
• Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
• Prose Merlin
• King Arthur and King Cornwall
• Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle

[edit] Italian

• Orlando Innamorto by M. Boiardo

[edit] 16th century

[edit] English

• Arthur of Little Britain
• The Greene Knight circa 1500
• The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain 1508
• The Jeaste of Sir Gawain
• The Misfortunes of Arthur by Thomas Hughes 1587
• The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser 1590

[edit] Welsh

• Tristan Romance, preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS.

[edit] Byelo-Russian

• Povest Trychane 1560s

[edit] 17th century

[edit] English

• The Birth of Merlin, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father by William Rowley (?1620; first published 1662)

• Works of Richard Blackmore
  • Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Ten Books (1695)
  • King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books (1697)

[edit] Yiddish

• Widwilt (Yiddish reworking of Le Bel Inconnu)

[edit] 18th century

• Warton, Thomas (1728-1790)
  • "The Grave of King Arthur" (1777)
  • "On King Arthur's Round-table at Winchester" (1777)
• Vortigern, An Historical Tragedy by W. H. Ireland (1799) ( A Shakesperian forgery)

[edit] 19th century

• The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Tristram of Lyonesse by Algernon Charles Swinburne
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

[edit] 20th century

• Howard Pyle - In a four volume set including:
  • "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" (1903)
  • "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table" (1905)
  • "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions" (1907)
  • "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur" (1910)
• The Once and Future King by T. H. White including
  • The Sword and the Stone
  • The Queen of Air and Darkness (or, The Witch in the Wood)
  • The Ill-Made Knight
  • The Candle in the Wind
  • The Book of Merlyn
• The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck
• The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf
• The Child Queen, The High Queen, (collected in Queen of Camelot), Prince of Dreams, and The Grail Prince by Nancy McKenzie
• Hallowed Isle by Diana L. Paxson
• Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Also The Sword and the Circle'
• Mordred's Curse and Merlin's Gift by Ian McDowell
• I am Mordred and I am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer
• The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles
  • Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country
  • Knight of the Sacred Lake
  • Child of the Holy Grail
• Knight Life, One Knight Only and Fall of Knight by Peter David
• The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart
  • The Crystal Cave
  • The Hollow Hills
  • The Last Enchantment
  • The Wicked Day
• The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio
  • The Dragon and the Unicorn
  • The Eagle and the Sword
  • The Wolf and the Crown
  • The Serpent and the Grail
• The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell
  • The Winter King
  • Enemy of God
  • Excalibur
• The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein
• By Jane Yolen:
  • Sword of the Rightful King
  • The Young Merlin Trilogy
• By Gerald Morris:
  • The Squire's Tale
  • The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady
  • The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
  • Parsifal's Page
  • The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
  • The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight
  • The Lioness and her Knight
• By Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy
  • The Forever King
  • The Broken Sword
  • The Third Magic
• The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead
  • Talisen
  • Merlin
  • Arthur
  • Pendragon
  • Grail
• By Anonymous
  • King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Illustrated Junior Library, Deluxe edition, September 1, 1950)
• By Roger Lancelyn Green and Lotte Reiniger (Illustrator)
  • King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Puffin Classics, Reissue edition March 1, 1995)

[edit] 21st century

• Avalon High by Meg Cabot

[edit] Nonfiction

• Arthur's Britain by Leslie Alcock
• The Return From Avalon by Raymond H. Thompson
• The Quest for Arthur's Britain by Geoffrey Ashe
• Robert Rouse and Cory Rushton, The Medieval Quest for Arthur, Tempus, Stroud, 2005 ISBN 0-7524-3343-1

[edit] External links

• Camelot Project