As a result, it is extraordinarily difficult even for the professional medievalist to keep abreast of Arthurian scholarship, and it would be very nearly impossible for the nonscholar with serious Arthurian interests to identify and locate a score of the major scholarly contributions devoted to a particular character or theme. Furthermore, the major contributions to Arthurian scholarship are often dispersed widely throughout North America, Europe, and elsewhere, and are in books and articles that are in some instances very difficult to locate. The number of entries has increased regularly and dramatically, to the point that the most recent numbers of the Bulletin list well over one thousand items. When the Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society began publishing annual bibliographies, the first volume (1949) included 226 items (books, articles, and reviews), and some sections of that compilation represented national bibliographies over a full decade. The proliferation of scholarly studies of Arthurian material continues at a daunting rate. Thus, a number of the volumes are intently interdisciplinary in focus.
Similarly, the central focus is on literature, but without excluding important discussions of visual, musical, and cinematic arts. Heaviest emphasis remains on the development of the legend and its characters and themes during the Middle Ages, but each volume gives appropriate attention also to modern, even very recent, treatments. All contributions are presented in English, and most volumes include essays that have been translated for the first time into English. The previously published contributions date for the most part from the past two decades, although a few older, “classic” essays are included in several of the volumes-the criterion being the continuing importance of the study. Several of the essays in each volume are newly commissioned for the series the others are reprinted from their original sources. Each volume offers an extended introductory survey and a bibliography and presents some twenty major essays on its subject. A single volume treats an Arthurian theme-the Grail-rather than characters. One is also devoted to Arthurian women in general. The series includes volumes devoted to the best-known characters from Arthurian legend: Tristan and Isolde, Arthur, Lancelot and Guenevere, Merlin, Gawain, and Perceval. This is Volume VII of Arthurian Characters and Themes, a series of casebooks from Routledge. Master and Mediator of the Natural World JEAN MARKALE Illusion and Relation: Merlin as Image of the Artist in Tennyson, Doré, Burne-Jones, and Beardsley LINDA K.HUGHES Merlin Romancier: Paternity, Prophecy, and Poetics in the Huth Merlin KATE COOPERĭruids, Bards, and Tennyson’s Merlin CATHERINE BARNES STEVENSON Merlin in the Grail Legend EMMA JUNGMARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ The Enchanter Awakes: Merlin in Modern Fiction RAYMOND H.THOMPSON Merlin in German Literature ULRICH MÜLLER Merlin in Spanish Literature BARBARA D.MILLER Merlin in Italian Literature DONALD L.HOFFMAN Merlin and the Ladies of the Lake ANNE BERTHELOT Merlin: Prophet and Magician PAUL ZUMTHOR The Merlin Legend and the Welsh Tradition of Prophecy A.O.H.JARMAN Preface Introduction PETER H.GOODRICH Select Bibliography Arthurian romances-History and criticism. Merlin (Legendary character) in literature. ISBN 0-8153-065-X (Print Edition) (hard cover: alk. 7) Includes bibliographical references and index. p.cm.-(Arthurian characters and themes v. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Merlin: a casebook/edited by Peter H.Goodrich and Raymond H.Thompson. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to All rights reserved. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. Published in 2003 by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 Published in Great Britain by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE Copyright © 2003 by Peter H.Goodrich and Raymond H.Thompson Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. Arthurian Characters and Themes Norris J.Lacy, Series Editor King Arthur A Casebook Edited by Edward Donald Kennedy Tristan and Isolde A Casebook Edited by Joan Tasker Grimbert Arthurian Women A Casebook Edited by Thelma S.Fenster Lancelot and Guinevere A Casebook Edited by Lori J.Walters The Grail A Casebook Edited by Dhira B.Mahoney Perceval/Parzival A Casebook Edited by Arthur Groos and Norris Lacy Merlin A Casebook Edited by Peter H.Goodrich and Raymond H.ThompsonĮdited by Peter H.Goodrich and Raymond H.Thompson
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