As time went on, the old pagan and Celtic features of King Arthur's story were buried under new layers of myth. Some versions claimed that Arthur was descended from Aeneas*, the legendary founder of Rome. This detail connected British mythology with that of ancient Greece and Rome. As Brita...
King Arthur and the Myth of History 作者:Finke, Laurie A.; Shichtman, Martin B.; 出版年:2009-4 页数:288 定价:$ 33.84 ISBN:9780813034157 豆瓣评分 目前无人评价 评价: 写笔记 写书评 加入购书单 分享到 + 加入购书单
Yet, this summer Britain’s national myth has suffered its own catastrophe, as Arthur and his knights saw their home Camelot washed away along with the Seat Perilous, the Holy Grail and Merlin’s magical powers, by a river of pseudo-historical garbage in the film King Arthur. King Arthur i...
The myth and legend of King ArthurIrene D
Then again, the legend of King Arthur may just be a myth - but if so, it's a good one. * Originally published in September 1998.
And since the makers of this film feel that fantasy is such a terrible thing and they must destroy the myth, I have no choice but to bestow upon King Arthur my grade of C-. The next thing you know some film maker will try to convince me there is no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny ...
"King Arthur and the Myth of History considers why, in the 12th century, tales of a 6th-century British king who achieved immortality in an apparently hopeless struggle to repel Saxon invaders, suddenly emerged full blown, virtually from nowhere. Further, why did this figure from the margins ...
The Winter Kingadapts the well-regardedWarlord Chroniclesnovel trilogy by Bernard Cornwell, which attempted to ground the Arthur myth in some historical fact. Iain De Caestecker's Arthur is the banished son of King Uther (Eddie Marsan) who returns to find a divided Britain set to be conquered ...
of the Battle of Camlann—King Arthur’s last stand. Geoffrey of Monmouth described the battle as a fatal showdown between King Arthur and his nephew, Mordred, who had raised a rebellion against him. “Arthur was filled with great mental anguish by the fact that Mordred had escaped him so...
Arthur the King, 2024. Directed by Simon Cellan Jones. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nathalie Emmanuel, Simu Liu, Bear Grylls, Juliet Rylance, Michael Landes, Paul Guilfoyle, Ali Suliman, Rob Collins, Elizabeth Chahin, Oscar Best, Cece Valentina, Alani Ilongwe, and Roger Wasserman. ...