Essays about: "King Arthur"

Found 2 essays containing the words King Arthur.

1. 1. A Paradise Fading : Perceptions of Wild Nature in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Howard Pyle's Story of King Arthur and His Knights

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Li Hedenmalm; [2018]
   Keywords : Alfred Lord Tennyson; Idylls of the King; Howard Pyle; The Story of King Arthur and His Knights; Victorian literature; ecocriticism; nature; wilderness; industrialism; animalisation; nostalgia; paradise;

   Abstract : This thesis explores representations of wild nature in two Arthurian texts – one British and one American – produced in an age characterised by rapid social transformation: Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Idylls of the King (1859-1885) and Howard Pyle’s Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903). By investigation of the textual descriptions of wilderness and the portrayals of characters living there, the study aims to investigate what attitudes towards unkempt nature are displayed in the two texts. READ MORE

3. 2. A Harlot at Camelot : Female Power and Sexuality in The Mists of Avalon

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Christine Arve; [2017]
   Keywords : The Mists of Avalone; King Arthur; Morgan le Fay; female power and sexuality;

   Abstract : The Mists of Avalon is not the first contemporary novel written based on the tales of King Arthur. It is, however, the first best-selling story with solely female focalizers, which makes it a notable work. READ MORE