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The Fortunes of King Arthur.

Publication: Yearbook of English Studies
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Fortunes of King Arthur.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
The Fortunes of King Arthur. Ed. by Norris J. Lacy. Arthurian Studies, 64. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. 2005. xvi + 231 pp. 45 [pounds sterling]. isbn: 978-1-84384-061-9.

The Goddess Fortuna dominates this book. Her influence on Arthur's career is revisited in medieval narratives in Latin, Welsh, French, English, Norse, Italian, and German, and his literary fate is traced from the earliest records to the twenty-first century in both written and pictorial form. Some parts of this collective volume of thirteen essays, nine originally delivered at a conference at Pennsylvania State University in 2002, cover ground...

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