Merlin and Legendary Romance vs Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cycle d'Arthur, Histoire et critique, Arthurian romances, History and criticism
Merlin and Legendary Romance
An indepth work on the origins of the Merlin of Arthurian legend, this book examines early texts, thirteenth century romances focusing particularly on Merlin as a character, rather than those where Merlin is a…
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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
| Merlin and Legendary Romance | Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts | |
|---|---|---|
| Editions | 6 | 6 |
| Pages | 186 | 176 |