King Arthur

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King Arthur is a unique figure, perpetually fascinating yet strangely elusive. He is many-faceted, a topic for specialists in literature and mythology, in archaeology and history; no specialist study has exclusive rights in him, and he transcends them all. For medieval Europe his legend was the greatest single theme of creative writing. But familiar as his medieval image may be, it is not the whole story. His most impressive quality is his power to continue for century after century, fading out and always returning in different guises - as a patriotic leader in Post-Roman Britain, as a larger-than-life hero of Welsh saga, as a king of courtly romance, as a Victorian paragon, as a recurring character in modem fiction, films and children's books. The secret of his vitality lies in his relation to a perennial myth or dream, one that takes a variety of shapes in legend, in religion, even in politics.
With 120 illustrations, 15 in colour
Titles in the Art and Imagination series... Tovább

Fülszöveg

King Arthur is a unique figure, perpetually fascinating yet strangely elusive. He is many-faceted, a topic for specialists in literature and mythology, in archaeology and history; no specialist study has exclusive rights in him, and he transcends them all. For medieval Europe his legend was the greatest single theme of creative writing. But familiar as his medieval image may be, it is not the whole story. His most impressive quality is his power to continue for century after century, fading out and always returning in different guises - as a patriotic leader in Post-Roman Britain, as a larger-than-life hero of Welsh saga, as a king of courtly romance, as a Victorian paragon, as a recurring character in modem fiction, films and children's books. The secret of his vitality lies in his relation to a perennial myth or dream, one that takes a variety of shapes in legend, in religion, even in politics.
With 120 illustrations, 15 in colour
Titles in the Art and Imagination series include
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola Alchemy The Secret Art
Warren Kenton Astrology The Celestial Mirror Stanislav and Christina Grof BeyOnd Death The Gates of Consciousness John Sharkey Celtic Mysteries The Ancient Religion David Maclagan Creation Myths Man's Introduction to the World Francis Huxley The Dragon Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature David Coxhead and Susan Miller Dreams Visions of the Night
John Michel! ThG Earth Spirit its ways, Shrines and Mysteries Lucie Lamy Egyptian Mysteries New Light on Ancient Knowledge
Francis Huxley The Eye The Seer and the Seen Joscelyn Godwin Robett Fludd Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds JohnMatthews The Grail Quest for the Eternal Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi Kabbalah Tradition of Hidden Knowledge Joscelyn Godwin Athanaslus Kircher A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge Francis King Magic The Western Tradition Peter Payne Martial Arts The Spiritual Dimension Jill Puree The Mystic Spiral Journey of the Soul Painton Cowen Rose Windows Maria-Gabhete Wosien Sacred Dance Encounter with the Gods Robert Lawlor Sacred Geometry Philosophy and Practice Joan Halifax Shaman The Wounded Healer David V, Tansley Subtle Body Essence and Shadow
Laleh Bakhtiar Sufi Expressions of the Mystic Quest Philip Rawson Tantra The Indian Cult of Ecstasy Philip Rawson and Laszio Legeza Tao The Chinese Philosophy of Time and Change Marie-Louise von Franz Time Rhythm and Repose Roger Cook The Tree of Life Image for the Cosmos Anne Bancroft Zen Direct Pointing to Reality Vissza