Tom, Greetings & Felicitations!
Congratulations! I look forward to reading it.
So, how long did it take you to put it all together?
Checkyalater,
Jim Corveddu
aka Qurmudjin
in article 1194215369.817251.17950@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
at hrothgar_cyning@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote on
11/4/07
3:29 pm:
> Hi folks,
>
> I just wanted to let anyone still reading this group know that my book
> 'Concepts of Arthur' is now finished and with the printers - I have
> some brief info and a link for pre-ordering if anyone is curious at
> http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/concepts/index.htm.
>
> Fundamentally it consists of a detailed survey of both the pre-
> Galfridian Arthurian material and the question of Arthurian origins.
> It offers a number of things not available on my website, not least an
> up-to-date expansion, development and revision of the analysis of HB/
> AC etc found in 'Historicity and Historicisation' (which will now no
> longer be updated as Chapter One of the 'Concepts' supersedes it
> entirely). It also provides a full analysis of the non-Galfridian
> sources and the nature of Arthur in these, including detailed studies
> of his relation****p with the Otherworld and his role as a folkloric
> 'Hero Protector', as well as an in depth look at the origins of
> Arthur's name and some thoughts on what his ultimate origins might be:
> How likely is it that the 'historical Arthur' was the original? If
> Arthur was not originally historical, how did the concept of Arthur as
> a post-Roman war-leader emerge and grow? Who, if anyone, was it
> ultimately based around, and where might they have operated? Was any
> original non-historical Arthur simply conceived of as a fictional
> creature of folklore and popular myth, or have we been too ready to
> reject any notion of truly mythological genesis for him? If so, can
> anything sensible be said of this beyond noting its possibility,
> without veering off into the realms of untrammelled speculation?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Green
> Arthurian Resources -- http://www.arthuriana.co.uk
>
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