Culture and the King: The Social Implications of the Arthurian Legend (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780791418642)

This book focuses on how and why various cultures have appropriated the story of King Arthur. It is about re-vision, how cultures alter inherited texts and are, in turn, changed by them, and it deals with the ways in which various cultures have empowered the Arthurian legend so that power might be derived from it. The authors suggest that the vitality of the Arthurian legend resides in its ability to be transformed and to transform, in its potential for appropriation and use.

Culture and the King deals with issues of literature, history, art, politics, economics, gender study, and popular culture. It crosses the boundaries traditionally erected around these disciplines and addresses emerging critical methodologies concerned with the "poetics of culture."

Author: Martin B. Shichtman
ISBN-10: 0791418642
ISBN-13: 9780791418642
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1994
Pages: 324
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.06w x 0.84d