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(4.33) | 1 | These words appear in a classic medieval French story of the life Merlin, spoken to Sir Gawain, and recorded as the great seer's last call. This Cri de Merlin still echoes in our ears down the ages and across borders and generations, typifying the fascination which the figure of Merlin still exerts in Western culture. Although Merlin and the Arthurian legends are chiefly British and Celtic in basis, such is his importance that the stories have had a great influence across the English, French and German traditions as well as in the Celtic languages. In Merlin through the Ages, noted experts Bob Stewart and John Matthews have brought together an astonishingly wide range of accounts and depictions of Merlin, from the very earliest records, through the medieval and Victorian reinterpretations to the modern depictions in stories and electronic media. The figure of Merlin remains a strong and influential one throughout, from the ancient Celtic myths to the allegorical characterization as Obi Wan Kenobi in the 'Star Wars' movies. Through the editors present such a valuable and wide-ranging array of texts, this is not primarily a scholarly collection. Instead, it is an overview of the Merlin literature for the general reader as well as for the historian, researcher, Arthurian enthusiast and modern seeker after an older knowledge.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 1 mention » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Stewart, R. J. | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Matthews, John | Editor | main author | all editions | confirmed | Angelo, Michael de | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Ashmole, Elias | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Buchanan, Robert Williams | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Chubb, Thomas | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Dryden, John | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Emerson, Ralph Waldo | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gruffudd, Elis | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Heywood, Thomas | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Jacobs, Joseph | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Johnson, Ben | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Knappert, Jan | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Matthews, Caitlín | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Monmouth, Geoffrey of | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Noyes, Alfred | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Roberts, Richard | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Robinson, Edwin Arlington | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Rowley, William | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Shakespeare, William | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Spangler, David | Foreword | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Spenser, Edmund | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Swift, Jonathan | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Symons, Arthur | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Tennyson, Alfred | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Villemarqué, Hersant de la | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wheatley, Henry B. | — | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions These words appear in a classic medieval French story of the life Merlin, spoken to Sir Gawain, and recorded as the great seer's last call. This Cri de Merlin still echoes in our ears down the ages and across borders and generations, typifying the fascination which the figure of Merlin still exerts in Western culture. Although Merlin and the Arthurian legends are chiefly British and Celtic in basis, such is his importance that the stories have had a great influence across the English, French and German traditions as well as in the Celtic languages. In Merlin through the Ages, noted experts Bob Stewart and John Matthews have brought together an astonishingly wide range of accounts and depictions of Merlin, from the very earliest records, through the medieval and Victorian reinterpretations to the modern depictions in stories and electronic media. The figure of Merlin remains a strong and influential one throughout, from the ancient Celtic myths to the allegorical characterization as Obi Wan Kenobi in the 'Star Wars' movies. Through the editors present such a valuable and wide-ranging array of texts, this is not primarily a scholarly collection. Instead, it is an overview of the Merlin literature for the general reader as well as for the historian, researcher, Arthurian enthusiast and modern seeker after an older knowledge. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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