List of Arthurian literature
This is a bibliography of works about King Arthur , his family, his friends or his enemies. This bibliography includes works that are notable or are by notable authors.
6th century
9th century
10th century
Latin
Welsh
11th century
Latin
The Legend of St. Goeznovius , anonymous c. 1019 (Saxon resurgence when Arthur is "recalled from the actions of the world" may be a reference to his immortality.;[ 2] Vortigern mentioned)
Vita Sancti Cadoc by Lifris of Llancarfan c. 1086 (Arthur wants to ravish Gwladys whom Gundliauc elopes with, but aids them by Kay and Bedivere 's counsel. St. Cadoc harbors a killer of Arthur's men and pays cattle as recompense, but they transform into bundles of ferns.[ 3] )
Welsh
12th century
Welsh
Latin
French and Anglo-Norman
German
Tristan by Eilhart von Oberge c. 1170s
Lanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven late 12th century (a rendering of a lost French tale of Lancelot that likely predates Chrétien de Troyes's famous Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart . Ulrich von Zatzikhoven obtained a copy of the original book in 1194 and translated the work from French into German.)
The poems of Hartmann von Aue
13th century
French, Anglo-Norman or Provençal
German
Norse
Brother Robert 's prose renditions
Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar 1226 (Norse reworking Tristan by Thomas of Britain )
Ívens saga 1226 (Norse reworking of Chrétien's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion )
Erex saga , perhaps originally by Robert (text probably changed in MS. transmission; a Norse reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide )
Parcevals saga
Valvens þáttr
Möttuls saga , adaptation of the "ill-fitting mantle" motif
Strengleikar (translations of lais mostly by Marie de France )
English
Dutch
Hebrew
Melech Artus (transl. King Artus ), a 1279 Hebrew translation, and the first in that language, which was published in Italy. Contains several short parts of the Vulgate Cycle : the Pendragon's seduction of Igraine and Arthur's death. Total of 5 pages, at the end of a larger codex on calendar astronomy titled Sefer ha-I'bbur ("the book of making leap years"). Anonymous author.[ 20]
Welsh
14th century
English
Welsh
(All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial)
Italian
French
Catalan
Greek
15th century
English
Italian
Icelandic
Skikkjurímur , (a rendition of the "ill-fitting mantle" story) [citation needed ]
Breton
16th century
English
Welsh
Tristan Romance , preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS. [citation needed ]
Byelo-Russian
Yiddish
Viduvilt (Yiddish reworking of Wigalois )
17th century
English
18th century
19th century
20th century
English
Howard Pyle - In a four volume set including:
Kairo-kō (1905) by Natsume Sōseki
The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis (1905) by Clemence Housman [ 23]
War in Heaven (1930) by Charles W. S. Williams , a "modern-day" (20th century) quest for the Holy Grail
The Little Wench (1935) by Philip Lindsay
Merlin's Godson by H. Warner Munn
Taliessin through Logres (1938) and The Region of the Summer Stars (1944) by Charles W. S. Williams (poem cycles)
The Once and Future King by T. H. White including
That Hideous Strength (1945) by C. S. Lewis
Porius (A Romance of the Dark Ages) (1951) by John Cowper Powys
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1953) by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Great Captains (1956) by Henry Treece
Rosemary Sutcliff 's Arthurian novels:
A Trace of Memory (1963) by Keith Laumer
The Merlin series by Mary Stewart
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1975) by John Steinbeck
The Mabinogion Tetralogy (1974) by Evangeline Walton.
Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel by Thomas Berger (1978)
The Three Damosels (1978) and The Enchantresses (1998) by Vera Chapman (the latter with Mike Ashley )
The Old French Tristan Poems (1980) by David J. Shirt
The Mists of Avalon (1983) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
L'Enchanteur (1984) by René Barjavel
The White Raven (1988) by Diana L. Paxson (Tristan and Isseult)
The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead
The Guinevere trilogy by Persia Woolley
Knight Life (1987), One Knight Only (2004) and Fall of Knight (2007) by Peter David
The Road to Avalon (1988) by Joan Wolf
The King (1990) by Donald Barthelme
The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio
The Child Queen (1994), The High Queen (1995), (collected in Queen of Camelot (2002)), Prince of Dreams (2004), and Grail Prince (2003) by Nancy McKenzie
I Am Mordred (1998) by Nancy Springer
Hallowed Isle by Diana L. Paxson : The Book of the Sword (1999), The Book of the Spear (1999), The Book of the Cauldron (1999), The Book of the Stone (2000).
The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles
The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell
By Jane Yolen :
By Gerald Morris :
By Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy
The Coming of the King: The First Book of Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1988)
Stones of Power by David Gemmell
Anonymous
To the Chapel Perilous Naomi Mitchison (1955)
Artorius by John Heath-Stubbs
Quirinius, Britannia's Last Roman by Erik Hildinger (2021)
Our Man in Camelot by Anthony Price (1975) (The sixth book in the Dr. David Audley series uses the Arthur myth as a MacGuffin in a modern spy thriller.)
By Parke Godwin
The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick (re-published UK 2007 & USA 2009)
Book One: The Kingmaking (1994)
Book Two: Pendragon's Banner (1995)
Book Three: Shadow of the King (1997)
The Tales of Arthur , books of The Keltiad , by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles ) by Jack Whyte
The Lost Years of Merlin Epic , by T.A. Barron
Albion , a trilogy of historical novels by British author Patrick McCormack (1997, 2000, 2007)
The King Awakes and The Empty Throne by Janice Elliott , set in a Medieval -style society several generations after a nuclear war. Both novels deal with the return of King Arthur and his friendship with a youth from the post-holocaust world
Merlin's Bones by Fred Saberhagen
The Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr
Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem ; the coming of Arthur is foreseen by the chief of Segontium in the last page of the book
The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein
The Dragon Lord by David Drake
Merlin's Mirror (1975) by Andre Norton
The Return of Merlin (1995) by Deepak Chopra
Guinevere series (1996), by Sharan Newman.
Black Horses for the King (1996) by Anne McCaffrey.
Camelot 3000 , a comic book series that reincarnates Arthur and his knights in the far future
The Dark Is Rising , a series written for older children and young adults, by Susan Cooper
The Fionavar Tapestry , a fantasy trilogy by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay
The Merlin Mystery , A puzzlehunt book which focused heavily on Merlin and Nimue having a love after Arthur has been entombed; it offered a cash prize as well as a gold, silver, bronze and crystal wand. However, the puzzle went unsolved and the prize unclaimed.
The Down the Long Wind series by Gillian Bradshaw (1980–82)
The Little Wench by Philip Lindsay
Merlin (1978) by Robert Nye
A Lady of King Arthur's Court (1907) by Sara Hawks Sterling
Welsh
21st century
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott mentions many artifacts and characters from Arthurian legend
The Magic Tree House Books (1992–present) by Mary Pope Osbourne , feature Morgan Le Fay as a prominent character in the original series. The later series, entitled The Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions , more prominently included elements from Arthurian Legend. Includes works such as:
Christmas in Camelot (2001)
Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve (2003)
Summer of the Sea Serpent (2004)
Winter of the Ice Wizard (2004)
Night of the Ninth Dragon (2016)
I am Morgan le Fay (2001) by Nancy Springer
The Merlin Codex by Robert Holdstock
Celtika (2001)
The Iron Grail (2002)
The Broken Kings (2007)
Tales of Guinevere series by Alice Borchardt .
Corbenic by Catherine Fisher (2002)
Tristan and Isolde (2002) series by Rosalind Miles
Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen (2003)
The House of Pendragon by Debra A. Kemp
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey (2005)
Douglas Clegg : Mordred, Bastard Son (2006)
Fate/Zero by Gen Urobuchi (2006–2007)
Dracula vs. King Arthur by Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno (2007)
Orion and King Arthur by Ben Bova (2011)
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell (2007)
Camelot Lost by Jessica Bonito (Jessica McHugh ) (2008)
Avalon High by Meg Cabot
The Sangreal Trilogy by Amanda Hemingway
Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
Knight of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
The Book of Mordred by Vivian Vande Velde
Sons of Avalon, Merlin's Prophecy by Dee Marie (2008)
Sarah Zettel 's four-part series about the brothers Gawain, Gareth, Agravain, and Geraint:
In Camelot's Shadow (2004)
For Camelot's Honor (2005)
Under Camelot's Banner (2006)
Camelot's Blood (2008)
Merlin's Dragon Trilogy by T.A. Barron
The Great Tree of Avalon Trilogy
Gwenhwyfar (2009) by Mercedes Lackey .
By Nakaba Suzuki
The School for Good and Evil series contains many Arthurian figures, including King Arthur's son as a central character (2013–2020)
The Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien (published 2013, written circa 1920–30s)
The Devices Trilogy by Philip Purser-Hallard , starting with The Pendragon Protocol (2014)
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015)
Garden of Avalon by Kinoko Nasu
Camelot Rising trilogy by Kiersten White
The Guinevere Deception (2019)
The Camelot Betrayal (2020)
The Excalibur Curse (2021)
Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke (2020)
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (2020)
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (2024)
Nonfiction
References
^ White 1997
^ White 1997 , pp. 13–16)
^ Lacy 1997 pages 565–7, GA (Geoffrey Ashe), "Triads"[full citation needed ]
^ Bromwich 1961 .
^ Bromwich 1961 , pp. 97–121
^ a b Bromwich 1961 , p. cxxx "Period of the Cywyddwyr "
^ Bromwich 1961 , appendix IV, pp. 250–255.
^ White 1997 , pp. 16–17
^ Lacy 1986 , p. 471, GA, "Saints' Lives, Arthur in"
^ de la Borderie, Arthur, ed. (1891). "Saint Efflam, texte inédit de la vie ancienne de ce saint" . Annales de Bretagne . VII . Facultés des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Universities of Rennes et Nantes: 279–. (p.299)
^ White 1997 , pp. 22–23
^ Lacy 1986 , p. 630, KGM (Kenneth G. Madison), "William of Malmesbury"
^ Green, Cynthia Whiddon (1998). "Jocelyn, a monk of Furness: The Life of Kentigern (Mungo)" . Fordham University . Retrieved 25 December 2012 . , Chapter xlv, "Laleocen"
^ White 1997 , pp. 24
^ Le lai du cor et Le manteau mal taillé : les dessous de la Table ronde , Koble, Nathalie; Baumgartner, Emmanuèle, (Paris: Éditions Rue d'Ulm, 2005)
^ Lacy 1999 p. 595[full citation needed ]
^ see 'The Perilous Graveyard: a text edition': http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/AAI9906544/ [accessed 1st Feb 2018]
^ Lacy 1999 pp. 387–8, BB (Bart Besamusca), "Middle Dutch Arthurian Literature"[full citation needed ]
^ Curt Leviant. King Artus: A Hebrew Arthurian Romance of 1279 . Syracuse University Press, 2003. For the Manuscript: Mss. Urb. Ebr. 48 in the Vatican Library , pp. 75r–77r.
^ "Guillem de Torroella "
^ The Sixteenth Century Editions of "Arthur of Little Britain" , G.E. Mitchell, Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire Année 1972 50-3 pp. 793-795. Online at Persée.fr (retrieved June 12, 2023)
^ Brian Stableford , (2009), The A to Z of Fantasy Literature , page 205. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810868296
Bromwich, Rachel (1961), Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads (snippet) (1st ed.), Cardiff: University of Wales Press
Lacy, Norris J., ed. (1986), The New Arthurian Encyclopedia , Garland
White, Richard, ed. (1997), King Arthur in Legend and History , London: Dent, ISBN 0460879154
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