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List of Arthurian literature

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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

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9th century

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10th century

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Latin

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Welsh

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11th century

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Latin

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  • 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

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12th century

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Welsh

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Latin

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French and Anglo-Norman

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German

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13th century

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French, Anglo-Norman or Provençal

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German

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Norse

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  • 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)
    • "Geitarlauf" (translation of Chevrefoil)
    • "Januals ljóð" (translation of Lanval)

English

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Dutch

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Hebrew

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  • 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

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14th century

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English

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Welsh

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(All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial)

Italian

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French

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Catalan

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Greek

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15th century

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English

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Italian

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Icelandic

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  • Skikkjurímur, (a rendition of the "ill-fitting mantle" story) [citation needed]

Breton

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16th century

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English

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Welsh

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  • Tristan Romance, preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS. [citation needed]

Byelo-Russian

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Yiddish

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  • Viduvilt (Yiddish reworking of Wigalois)

17th century

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English

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18th century

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19th century

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20th century

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English

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Welsh

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21st century

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Nonfiction

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Depictions in other media

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References

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  1. ^ Lacy 1986, Gildas.
  2. ^ White 1997
  3. ^ White 1997, pp. 13–16)
  4. ^ Lacy 1997 pages 565–7, GA (Geoffrey Ashe), "Triads"[full citation needed]
  5. ^ Bromwich 1961.
  6. ^ Bromwich 1961, pp. 97–121
  7. ^ a b Bromwich 1961, p. cxxx "Period of the Cywyddwyr"
  8. ^ Bromwich 1961, appendix IV, pp. 250–255.
  9. ^ White 1997, pp. 16–17
  10. ^ Lacy 1986, p. 471, GA, "Saints' Lives, Arthur in"
  11. ^ 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)
  12. ^ White 1997, pp. 22–23
  13. ^ Lacy 1986, p. 630, KGM (Kenneth G. Madison), "William of Malmesbury"
  14. ^ Green, Cynthia Whiddon (1998). "Jocelyn, a monk of Furness: The Life of Kentigern (Mungo)". Fordham University. Retrieved 25 December 2012., Chapter xlv, "Laleocen"
  15. ^ White 1997, pp. 24
  16. ^ 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)
  17. ^ Lacy 1999 p. 595[full citation needed]
  18. ^ see 'The Perilous Graveyard: a text edition': http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/AAI9906544/ [accessed 1st Feb 2018]
  19. ^ Lacy 1999 pp. 387–8, BB (Bart Besamusca), "Middle Dutch Arthurian Literature"[full citation needed]
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "Guillem de Torroella"
  22. ^ 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)
  23. ^ Brian Stableford, (2009), The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, page 205. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810868296
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