Arthurian literature and Christianity vs Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cycle d'Arthur, Histoire et critique, Literary, Arthurian romances, History and criticism, Biography & Memoir
Arthurian literature and Christianity
Intended as "the other bookend" to Jessie Weston's work some eighty years earlier, this essay collection provides a careful overview of recent scholarship on possible overlap between Arthurian literature and…
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Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts
Published in 1999, the ten essays in this collection identify and examine reworkings of identifiable source texts from the medieval or Renaissance periods. The reasons for the modern adaptations depend variously on an…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Reception
| Arthurian literature and Christianity | Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts | |
|---|---|---|
| Editions | 7 | 6 |
| Citations | 2 | — |
| Pages | 225 | 176 |