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Author:   John Withrington ,  Gillian Rogers
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
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9781837645091

ISBN 10:   1837645094
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   03 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION The Manuscript Discovery of the Manuscript Contents and Date The Scribe/Compiler at work The Scribe/Compiler: background and identity The Scribe/Compiler: sources and composition Percy’s Annotations The Arthurian texts in the Percy Folio Assembling the Reliques ‘This vague and indiscriminating name’ A Matter of Taste ‘This Tale Grew in the Telling’ Conclusion The Arthurian background King Arthur as an Historical Figure Enlisting the Arthurian Legend The Arthurian Legend in Literature and Prophecy Percy and the Arthurian Legend Previous editions and methodology adopted for this edition Appendix and Endnotes THE TEXTS King Arthur and King Cornwall Sir Lancelott of Dulake The Turke & Gowin The Marriage of Sir Gawaine Sir Lambewell Merline Kinge Arthurs Death The Grene Knyght Boy and Mantle Libius Disconius Carle off Carlile Bibliography

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John Withrington is an independent scholar specialising in Arthurian literature. He is the author of articles and chapters on this topic, including contributions to The Arthur of the English and the definitive Sources and Analogues of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Gillian Rogers was formerly the English Faculty Librarian in the University of Cambridge. She has published articles on the Percy Folio MS, Golagros and Gawain, The Grene Knyght, and contributed the chapter on ‘Folk Romance’ in The Arthur of the English (ed. W. R. J. Barron, University of Wales Press 1999).

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