This is a Bibliography of works about King Arthur, his related world, family, friends or enemies. This bibliography includes works that are notable or are by notable authors.
Contents
6th century
- De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae by Gildas, mentions Battle of Mons Badonicus, but famously neglects to mention Arthur[1]
9th century
- Historia Britonum attributed to Nennius
10th century
Latin
- Annales Cambriae Anonymous
Welsh
- Preiddeu Annwfn attributed to Taliesin
- "Pa Gur yv y Porthaur" or "Who is the gatekeeper?" 10th century. (Cei Sir Kay's battle with the Cath Palug is mentioned.)
- Englynion y Beddau or Stanzas of the graves 9th or 10th century. (Arthur's grave site is a mystery)
11th century
Latin
- The Legend of St. Goeznovius c. 1019
(Saxon resurgence when Arthur is "recalled from the actions of the world" may be reference to his immortality.[2] Vortigern mentioned)
Welsh
- Trioedd Ynys Prydein (Triads of the Isle of Britain) 11th–14th century. (Twelve triads referring to Arthur.[3] Others mention (Mabon) and Drystan (Tristan),[4] etc.)
- Trioedd y meirch (The Triads of the Horses) (Mentions the horse names of Cei (Sir Kay), Gwalchmai's horse Ceincaled.[5])
- Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain (Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain) 15th-16th century[6]
- Pedwar marchog ar hugain llys (Twenty-four Knights of Arthur's Court) 15th-16th century[6]) Mentions the sword Caledfwlch and the spear Rhongomiant[7]
12th century
Welsh
- Culhwch and Olwen, anonymous, c. 1100
Latin
- Vita Sancti Cadoc by Lifris of Llancarfan c. 1061-1104
(Arthur wants to ravish Gwladys whom Gundliauc elopes with, but aids them by Kay and Bedivere's counsel. St. Cadoc harbors a killer of Arthur's men and pays cattle as recompense, but they transform into bundles of ferns.[8]) - Vita Sancti Carannog c. 1100 (At Arthur's requests, Carantoc tames a dragon. Cato (=Kay) is depicted as feeding it.[9])
- Vita Sancti Euflami c. 1100 (Arthur cannot defeat dragon, but Efflam causes it to plunge from a rock through prayer[10][11])
- Vita Sancti Paternus c. 1120s (Mentions Arthur and Caradoc)
- Gesta Regnum Anglorum by William of Malmesbury 1125 (Arthur wears image of Mary; Discovery of Gawain's tomb.[12][13])
- Historia Anglorum by Henry of Huntingdon 1129 (Mentions Arthur)
- Vita Santi Gildae by Caradoc of Llancarfan c. 1120-1130 (early version of Malegant-Guenivere abduction narrative.)
- Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Historia Regum Britanniae c. 1136-8
- Vita Merlini c. 1140
- Life of Saint Kentigern by Jocelyn of Furness c. 1185 (Contains a version of the legend of Merlin, here called Lailoken[14])
- Vita Sancti Illtud c. 1190s (Illtud came across from Brittany to visit his cousin Arthur's court.[15] King Mark mentioned.)
French and Anglo-Norman
- Roman de Brut by Wace c. 1155 (an Anglo-Norman verse reworking of Historia Regum Britanniae)
- Tristan by Thomas of Britain c. 1170s
- Tristan by Béroul c. 1170s
- Folie Tristan d'Oxford, c. 1175–1200
- The Lais of Marie de France c. 1170s
- Lanval
- Chevrefoil c. 1170s (an episode of the Tristan and Iseult story)
- The poems of Chrétien de Troyes
- Erec and Enide c. 1170s
- Cligés c. 1170s
- Yvain, the Knight of the Lion c. 1180s
- Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart c. 1180s
- Perceval, le Conte du Graal c. 1190
- Tristan mentioned but non-extant
- The poems of Robert de Boron
- Joseph d'Arimathie
- Merlin
- Perceval
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- (Robert de Borons verse Josephe d'Arimathie and 300 lines of Merlin are extant. A prose version of Josephe d'Arimathie, Merlin, Perzival trilogy, supposedly by Robert exists in two MSS.)
- Lai du Cor by Robert Biket. (Caradoc succeeds in drinking from horn, proves wife's chastity.)
- La Mantel Mautaillé. (Caradoc's wife passes chastity test by wearing ill-fitting mantel.)
German
- Tristan by Eilhart von Oberge c. 1170s
- Lanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven late 12th century (a rendering of a lost French tale of Lancelot that likely predates Chrétien de Troyes's famous Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart. Ulrich von Zatzikhoven obtained a copy of the original book in 1194 and translated the work from French into German.)
- The poems of Hartmann von Aue
- Iwein, late 12th century (German adaptation of Chrétien's Erec and Enide)
- Erec, late 12th century (expanded reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide)
13th century
French, Anglo-Norman or Provençal
- Roman de Fergus by Guillaume le Clerc 1190s/1200s
- Jaufré c. 1180 or 1225 (Occitan verse)
- Vengeance Raguidel c. 1200-1225 by Raoul (sometimes identified as Raoul de Houdenc)[16]
- Lancelot-Grail Anonymous c. 1210s-1230s
- Estoire del Saint Grail
- Estoire de Merlin
- Lancelot propre
- Queste del Saint Graal
- Mort Artu
- Perlesvaus Anonymous, c. 1210s
- Prose Tristan by "Luce de Gat" (1230s) and "Helie de Boron" (c. 1240)
- Roman de Silence by Heldrius de Cornwall c. 1260s
- Post-Vulgate Cycle Anonymous (begun 1230s, finished 1240s)
- L’âtre périlleux Anonymous (c. 1250)
- Roman de Roi Artus aka Compilation by Rusticiano (Rustichello da Pisa); Franco-Italian, c. 1290s -1300
- Gyron le courtois (A portion of the Compilation published 1501?)
- Meliadus de Leonnoys (Another portion, published 1528 by Galliot du Pré, 1532 by Denys Janot)
German
- Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg c. 1210s
- Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach c. 1210s
- Daniel von Blumenthal by Der Stricker c. 1220
- Diu Crône Heinrich von dem Türlin
- The poems of Der Pleier
- Garel von dem blühenden Tal, c. 1230s or c. 1250-80
- Tandareis und Flordibel c. 1250-80
- Meleranz c. 1250-80
- Der Mantel, once attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin. (The "ill-fitting mantle" chastity test theme)
Norse
- Brother Robert's prose renditions
- Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar 1226 (Norse reworking Tristan by Thomas of Britain)
- Ivens Saga 1226 (Norse reworking of Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain, the Knight of the Lion)
- Erex Saga, perhaps originally by Robert. (Text probably changed in MS. transmission. A Norse reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide)
- Möttuls saga, adaptation of the "ill-fitting mantle" story.
- Strengleikar (Translations of lais mostly by Marie de France)
- "Geitarlauf" (Translation of Chevrefoil)
- "Januals ljóð" (Translation of Lanval)
English
- Brut by Layamon (English reworking of Geoffrey of Monmouth)
- Sir Tristrem c. 1300 (English reworking of Tristan by Thomas of Britain)
- Arthur and Merlin c. 1300
Dutch
- Walewein en het schaakbord, by Penninc and Pieter Vostaert
- Roman van Ferguut (translation and reworking of the Roman de Fergus)
- The Lancelot-Compilatie (an adaptation of the Lancelot-Grail and other romances, 10 in all:[17])
- Lanceloet
- Perchevael
- Morien (Moriaen)
- Queeste vanden Grale
- Wrake van Ragisel (Adaptation of Vengeance Raguidel)
- Ridder metter mouwen ("The Knight with the Sleeve" )
- Walewein ende Keye
- Lanceloet en het hert met de witte voet ("Lancelot and the Stag with the White Foot")
- Torec, by Jacob van Maerlant
- Arturs doet
Hebrew
- Melech Artu A Hebrew reworking of the Historia Regum Brittanie
Welsh
- Brut y Brenhinedd, Welsh chronicle adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae
- The Dream of Rhonabwy, Anonymous
- The Black Book of Carmarthen, Anonymous (Mentions Arthur)
14th century
English
- Alliterative Morte Arthure Anonymous
- Stanzaic Morte Arthur Anonymous
- The Avowyng of Arthur
- The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle Anonymous
- The Awntyrs off Arthure Anonymous
- Sir Cleges (not closely related to Chrestien's Cliges; set in Uther Pendragon's court.)
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by The Pearl Poet
- Sir Launfal by Thomas Chestre (a remaking of the lai of Lanval)
- Sir Libeaus Desconus
- Yvain and Gawain
- Sir Perceval of Galles
- Lancelot of the Laik
Welsh
(All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial)
- Mabinogion Anonymous
- Culhwch and Olwen (recorded)
- The Welsh Romances
Italian
- Tavola Rotonda Anonymous
French
- Perceforest Anonymous
Catalan
- La Faula by Guillem de Torroella
Greek
- Presbys Hippotes (Greek reworking of part of Rustichello da Pisa's Compilations)
15th century
English
- Arthur
- Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
- Prose Merlin
- "King Arthur and King Cornwall"
- Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle
Italian
- Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo
- Tavola ritonda (anonymous)
Icelandic
- Skikkju Rimur, (a rendition of the "ill-fitting mantle" story)
16th century
English
- Arthur of Little Britain
- The Greene Knight c. 1500
- The Boy and the Mantle (ballad in the Percy folio, chastity test story of the "ill-fitting mantle" and the horn)
- The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain 1508
- The Jeaste of Sir Gawain
- The Misfortunes of Arthur by Thomas Hughes 1587
- The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser 1590
Welsh
- Tristan Romance, preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS.
Byelo-Russian
- Povest Trychane 1560s
17th century
English
- Works of Richard Johnson
- Tom a Lincoln (1607)
- The History of Tom Thumbe, the Little, for his small stature surnamed, King Arthurs Dwarfe (1621)
- The Birth of Merlin, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father by William Rowley (?1620; first published 1662)
- Works of Richard Blackmore
- Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Ten Books (1695)
- King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books (1697)
Yiddish
- Widwilt (Yiddish reworking of Le Bel Inconnu)
18th century
- Warton, Thomas (1728–1790)
- "The Grave of King Arthur" (1777)
- "On King Arthur's Round-table at Winchester" (1777)
- Vortigern and Rowena by W. H. Ireland (1799) (A Shakespearian forgery)
19th century
- The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1833)
- The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles (1862)
- The Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier (1880)
- Tristram of Lyonesse by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1882)
- Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1856–1885)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (1889)
20th century
- Howard Pyle - In a four volume set including:
- "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" (1903)
- "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table" (1905)
- "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions" (1907)
- "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur" (1910)
- Kairo-kō (1905) by Natsume Sōseki
- The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis (1905) by Clemence Housman[18]
- War in Heaven (1930) by Charles W. S. Williams, a "modern-day" (20th century) quest for the Holy Grail
- The Little Wench (1935) by Philip Lindsay
- Merlin's Godson by H. Warner Munn
- King of the World's Edge (1936)
- The Ship from Atlantis (1967)
- Merlin's Ring (1974)
- Taliessin through Logres (1938) and The Region of the Summer Stars (1944) by Charles W. S. Williams (poem cycles)
- The Once and Future King by T. H. White including
- The Sword in the Stone (1938)
- The Queen of Air and Darkness (or The Witch in the Wood) (1939)
- The Ill-Made Knight (1940)
- The Candle in the Wind (1958)
- The Book of Merlyn (1958)
- That Hideous Strength (1945) by C. S. Lewis
- Porius (A Romance of the Dark Ages) (1951) by John Cowper Powys
- King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1953) by Roger Lancelyn Green
- The Great Captains (1956) by Henry Treece
- Rosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian novels:
- The Lantern Bearers (1959)
- Sword at Sunset (1963)
- Tristan and Iseult (1971)
- The Shining Company (1990), a retelling of the Y Gododdin, which contains the earliest mention of Arthur's name
- The Arthurian Trilogy (1979-1981), re-issued in an omnibus edition in 2007 as The King Arthur Trilogy:
- The Light Beyond the Forest (1979)
- The Sword and the Circle (1981)
- The Road to Camlann (1981)
- The Merlin series by Mary Stewart
- The Crystal Cave (1970)
- The Hollow Hills (1973)
- The Last Enchantment (1979)
- The Wicked Day (1983)
- The Prince and the Pilgrim (1995)
- The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1975) by John Steinbeck
- Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel by Thomas Berger (1978)
- The Three Damosels (1978) and The Enchantresses (1998) by Vera Chapman (the latter with Mike Ashley)
- The Mists of Avalon (1983) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- L'Enchanteur (1984) by René Barjavel
- The White Raven (1988) by Diana L. Paxson (Tristan and Isseult)
- The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead
- The Guinevere trilogy by Persia Woolley
- Child of the Northern Spring (1987)
- Queen of the Summer Stars (1991)
- Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn (1993)
- Knight Life (1987), One Knight Only (2004) and Fall of Knight (2007) by Peter David
- The Road to Avalon (1988) by Joan Wolf
- The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio
- The Dragon and the Unicorn (1994)
- The Eagle and the Sword (1997)
- The Wolf and the Crown (1998)
- The Serpent and the Grail (1999)
- The Child Queen (1994), The High Queen (1995), (collected in Queen of Camelot(2002)), Prince of Dreams (2004), and Grail Prince (2003) by Nancy McKenzie
- I am Mordred (1998) and I am Morgan le Fay (2001) by Nancy Springer
- Hallowed Isle by Diana L. Paxson: The Book of the Sword (1999), The Book of the Spear (1999), The Book of the Cauldron (1999), The Book of the Stone (2000).
- The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles
- Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country (1999)
- The Knight of the Sacred Lake (2000)
- Child of the Holy Grail (2000)
- The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell
- By Jane Yolen:
- By Gerald Morris:
- The Squire's Tale
- The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady
- The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
- Parsifal's Page
- The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
- The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight
- The Lioness and her Knight
- The Quest of the Fair Unknown
- Squire's Quest
- The Legend of the King
- The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
- By Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy
- The Coming of the King: The First Book of Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1988)
- Stones of Power by David Gemmell
- Ghost King (1988)
- Last Sword of Power (1988)
- By Anonymous
- King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Illustrated Junior Library, Deluxe edition, September 1, 1950)
- To the Chapel Perilous Naomi Mitchison (1955)
- Artorius by John Heath-Stubbs
- Our Man in Camelot by Anthony Price (1975) (The sixth book in the Dr David Audley series uses the Arthur myth as a MacGuffin in a modern spy thriller.)
- By Parke Godwin
- Firelord (1980)
- Beloved Exile (1984)
- The Last Rainbow (1985)
- The Tales of Arthur, books of The Keltiad, by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
- The Hawk's Grey Feather (1991)
- The Oak Above the Kings (1994)
- The Hedge of Mist (1996)
- A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles) by Jack Whyte
- The Sky Stone (1992)
- The Singing Sword (1993)
- The Eagles' Brood (1994)
- The Saxon Shore (1998)
- The Sorcerer Part 1: The Fort at River's Bend (1997)
- The Sorcerer Part 2: The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis (1999)
- Uther (2001)
- Clothar the Frank (titled The Lance Thrower outside of Canada) (2004)
- The Eagle (2006)
- The Lost Years of Merlin Epic, by T.A. Barron
- The Lost Years of Merlin (1996)
- The Seven Songs of Merlin (1997)
- The Fires of Merlin (1998)
- The Mirror of Merlin (1999)
- The Wings of Merlin (2000)
- Albion, a trilogy of historical novels by British author Patrick McCormack (1997, 2000, 2007)
- The King Awakes and The Empty Throne by Janice Elliott, set in a Medieval-style society several generations after a nuclear war. Both novels deal with the return of King Arthur and his friendship with a youth from the post-holocaust world
- Merlin's Bones by Fred Saberhagen
- The Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr
- Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem; the coming of Arthur is foreseen by the chief of Segontium in the last page of the book
- The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein
- The Dragon Lord by David Drake
- Merlin's Mirror (1975) by Andre Norton
- The Return of Merlin (1995) by Deepak Chopra
- Camelot 3000, a comic book series that reincarnates Arthur and his knights in the far future
- The Dark Is Rising, a series written for older children and young adults, by Susan Cooper
- The Fionavar Tapestry, a fantasy trilogy by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay
- The Merlin Mystery, A puzzlehunt book which focused heavily on Merlin and Nimue having a love after Arthur has been entombed; it offered a cash prize as well as a gold, silver, bronze and crystal wand. However, the puzzle went unsolved and the prize unclaimed.
- The Down the Long Wind series by Gillian Bradshaw (1980–82)
- The Little Wench by Philip Lindsay
- Merlin (1978) by Robert Nye
21st century
- In the series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott there are many mentions of artifacts and people in the legends of King Arthur.
- The Merlin Codex by Robert Holdstock
- Celtika (2001)
- The Iron Grail (2002)
- The Broken Kings (2007)
- Corbenic by Catherine Fisher (2002)
- I am Morgan le Fay: A Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer (2002)
- Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen (2003)
- The House of Pendragon by Debra A. Kemp
- I: The Firebrand (2003)
- II: The Recruit (2007)
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey (2005)
- Fate/Zero by Gen Urobuchi (2006-2007)
- Dracula vs. King Arthur By Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno (2007)
- The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick (re-published UK 2007 & USA 2009)
- Book One: The Kingmaking
- Book Two: Pendragon's Banner
- Book Three: Shadow of the King
- Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell (2007)
- Camelot Lost by Jessica Bonito (Jessica McHugh) (2008)
- Avalon High by Meg Cabot
- The Sangreal Trilogy by Amanda Hemingway
- Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
- Knight of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
- Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
- The Book of Mordred by Vivian Vande Velde
- Sons of Avalon, Merlin's Prophecy by Dee Marie (2008)
- Sarah Zettel's four-part series about the brothers Gawain, Gareth, Agravain, and Geraint:
- In Camelot's Shadow (2004)
- For Camelot's Honor (2005)
- Under Camelot's Banner (2006)
- Camelot's Blood (2008)
- The Seven Deadly Sins, a manga loosely based on the Arthurian legend, by Nakaba Suzuki (2012–present)
- The Devices Trilogy by Philip Purser-Hallard, starting with The Pendragon Protocol (2014)
- J.R.R. Tolkien - The Fall of Arthur (2013, written in the 1920s-30s)
- Kazuo Ishiguro - The Buried Giant (2015)
- Garden of Avalon by Kinoko Nasu
Nonfiction
- Arthur's Britain by Leslie Alcock
- The Quest for Arthur's Britain by Geoffrey Ashe
- The Medieval Quest for Arthur by Robert Rouse and Cory Rushton
- King Arthur: The True Story by Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman
- The Quest for Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1985)
- Pendragon: The Origins of Arthur by Steve Blake and Scott Lloyd
- The Arthurian Tradition by John Matthews
- The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650 John Morris
References
- ^ Lacy, Norris J., ed. (1986). The New Arthurian Encyclopedia (Garland). Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ White 1997
- ^ Lacy 1997, pp. 565–7, GA(Geoffrey Ashe), "Triads"
- ^ Bromwich, Rachel (1961), Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads (snippet) (1st ed.), Cardiff: University of Wales Press
- ^ Bromwich 1961, pp. 97–121
- ^ a b Bromwich 1961, p. cxxx "period of the cywyddwyr"
- ^ Bromwich 1961, Appendix IV, pp. 250-255
- ^ White 1997, pp. 13–16)
- ^ White 1997, pp. 16–17
- ^ Lacy 1986, p. 471, GA, "Saints' Lives, Arthur in"
- ^ de la Borderie, Arthur, ed. (1891). "Saint Efflam, texte inédit de la vie ancienne de ce saint". Annales de Bretagne (Facultés des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Universities of Rennes et Nantes) VII: 279–. (p.299)
- ^ White 1997, pp. 22–23
- ^ Lacy 1986, p. 630, KGM (Kenneth G. Madison), "William of Malmesbury"
- ^ Green, Cynthia Whiddon (1998). "Jocelyn, a monk of Furness: The Life of Kentigern (Mungo)". Fordham University. Retrieved 2012-12-25., Chapter xlv, "Laleocen"
- ^ White 1997, pp. 24
- ^ Lacy 1999, p. 595
- ^ Lacy 1999, pp. 387–8, BB (Bart Besamusca), "Middle Dutch Arthurian Literature"
- ^ Brian Stableford, (2009), The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, page 205. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810868296
- Bromwich, Rachel (1961), Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads (snippet) (1st ed.), Cardiff: University of Wales Press
- Lacy, Norris J., ed. (1986). The New Arthurian Encyclopedia (Garland). Missing or empty
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(help), - White, Richard, ed. (1997). King Arthur in Legend and History. London: Dent. ISBN 0460879154.
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