Article: The Author of English: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval English Life and Literature.(Review)

The Arthur of the English: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval English Life and Literature. By W. R. J. BARRON. (Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages, II) Cardiff: University of Wales Press. 1999. xvii + 395 pp. 35 [pounds sterling].

This book follows the pattern of The Arthur of the Welsh in offering a collaborative reference work, this time on the range of English Arthurian romance. Twenty-two scholars in all contribute to the volume, and their various areas of expertise allow for a wide remit, in terms of both chronology and genre. The chapters cover the Celtic tradition (Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan), romance tradition (Catherine Batt, Rosalind Field), dynastic romance ...

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