While other works have looked at Arthurian legend in light of nineteenth-century social conditions, this volume focuses on how these poets approached love and death in their works, and how the legend of Arthur shaped their vision.
An introductory chapter traces Arthurian legend from its inception.
LAURA COONER LAMBDIN teaches Professional Communications in the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business. She has published on Malory, Chaucer, and various Victorian poets in such journals as
Philological Quarterly and
Arthurian Interpretations. With Robert T. Lambdin, she has edited
Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales (1996), and the
Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature (2000), both available from Greenwood Press. ROBERT THOMAS LAMBDIN is Assistant Professor of English in the Transitional Year in the College of Applied Sciences Program at the University of South Carolina. He has published several articles on medieval literature and is the coeditor of
Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales (1996), and the
Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature (2000), both available from Greenwood Press.