The Myth of Arthur
O learned man who never learned to learn, Save to deduce, by timid steps and small, From towering smoke that fire can never burn And from tall tales that men […]
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Category: Issue Twenty-Two
C.S. Lewis, Merlin, and Messy Apologetics
When people think about C.S. Lewis and fiction, they often think of the Chronicles of Narnia, which were published between 1950 and 1956. However, Lewis also wrote an earlier and […]
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Sir Galahad and the End of the Quest
This tale is presented as if it were a portion of a Medieval manuscript, suddenly found after all these years. The non-scriptural footnotes are presented as the work of a […]
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The True History of the Holy Graal
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAAL Donald T. Williams, PhD King’s Poet King’s Man As it was handed down faithfully from father to son in the household […]
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Return to the Timeless Legend
In the midst of the lake Arthur was ware of an arm clothed in white samite, that held a fair sword in that hand. — Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte […]
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The Virtuous Arthur: Resolving a Tension Between Lewis and Spenser
In Images of Life, C.S. Lewis rejects Spenser’s “Letter to Raleigh” as authoritative for interpreting the character of Arthur. Spenser writes, “I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was […]
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“No Truste For to Truste In”: Malory’s Apocalyptic Vision in Le Morte D’arthur
Heaven and earth seem divided by a thin line at times, never closer to one another than in prayer. But in the Middle Ages, this border might dissolve, especially in […]
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Spenser’s Faerie Queene and Its Holy Knight, Red Crosse
Spenser’s The Faerie Queene tells a tale on many levels, including an ode to Queen Elizabeth (after whom the poem is titled) and an allegorical critique of the Roman Catholic […]
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Medieval Virtue: Arthur and Sir Gawain, Women and Men
The accounts of King Arthur, as recorded by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace and Layamon, and the tale of Sir Gawain, as told in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, exhibit […]
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