ENGLISH 340 - LIBRARY RESOURCES
Arthurian Literature

Course Materials
These items are held in the Short Loan Collection, Level 1, Kate Edger Information Commons. 
Primary Texts
Links to online primary texts for this course, including an online glossary to Malory's Morte d'Arthur.
Find Books
Search strategies to find books on the topics for this course.
Reference Books
Both print and e-books. For help with literary, social and historical background, vocabulary and terminology.
Bibliographies
Print resources for finding references to  book chapters and journal articles.
Find Articles
Find scholarly journal articles by searching a database. Most articles are be full-text.
Internet Resources
Internet sites selected by the Subject Librarian.
Exam Papers
Previous years' exam papers. You must be logged on with NetID and Password to access these.


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"Meeting on Turret Stairs" by Frederick Burton
"Meeting on Turret Stairs" by Frederick Burton
[Guinevere and Lancelot]

From Part II of 'Arthurian Legends Illustrated
a site compiled by Dr. Kathleen L. Nichols, Professor of English, Pittsburgh State University.

Linda George
Subject Librarian:
English Literature

Arts Information Services
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Course Material

Most items in the Short Loan Collection are set texts for course reading.
Select the Course Material search. Click on the pull down arrow next to the Course search box, and highlight the course name, ENGLISH 340 or 746. Click search.

Primary Texts

Course readings may only be used for the University's educational purposes. You may print a copy for your own use, but you may not make a further copy for any other purpose. You may not copy or distribute any part of the reading to any other person. Failure to comply with these terms may expose you to legal action for copyright infringement and/or disciplinary action by the University.

Le Morte Arthur - this link takes you to the Literature Online version and you must be logged on with NetID and Password. The same text is also available from the Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. Both editions have an identical source and are text searchable.

Morte d'Arthur - this link takes you to the University of Virginia Library's Electronic Text Center. Scroll down the page to find Book 6.

Glossary to Volume 1 of Morte d'Arthur - from Penn State University,

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Reference Books Top of page

Archibald, Elizabeth, and A. S. G. Edwards, eds. A companion to Malory. Rochester, N.Y.: D. S. Brewer, 1996.

Bruce, Christopher W. The Arthurian name dictionary. New York : Garland, 1999.

Corèdon, Christopher. A dictionary of medieval terms and phrases. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY: D.S. Brewer, 2004.

Fuchs, Barbara. Romance. New York: Routledge, 2004.

Fulton, Helen, ed. A companion to Arthurian literature. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Lacy, Norris J, ed. A history of Arthurian scholarship. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2006.

Lupack, Alan. The Oxford guide to Arthurian literature and legend. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Pearsall, Derek. Arthurian romance : a short introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2003.

Cambridge Companions
The Cambridge Companions series has several titles of relevance to this course. They are available online via the Cambridge Collections Online, and many are also available in print. In addition to linking to individual Companions below you can search across all titles within the collection, using the title of a text, a name, or topic as a search term.

Archibald, Elizabeth, and Putter, Ad, eds. The Cambridge companion to the Arthurian legend. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
e-book

Gaunt, Simon, and Sarah Kay, eds. The Cambridge companion to medieval French literature. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
print | e-book

Krueger, Roberta L., ed. The Cambridge companion to medieval romance. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
print | e-book

Scanlon, Larry, ed. The Cambridge companion to medieval English literature, 1100 - 1500. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
e-book

Bibliographies Top of page
Bibliographies list references to books and serial articles. See an explanation of how they work. All references must be checked on Voyager. Enter the title of the book or the title of the serial to see if the Library has it.

Barber, Elaine. The Arthurian bibliography. 4. Woodbridge : D. S. Brewer, 2001.

Lacy, Norris J., ed. Medieval Arthurian literature : a guide to recent research. New York : Garland Pub., 1996.
Divided into geographic regions. Each region has an overview of the genre, followed by a bibliography. The bibliography lists further bibliographies and general surveys, editions and translations of the primary texts, followed by critical studies in serials and monographs.

Life, Page West. Sir Thomas Malory and the Morte Darthur : a survey of scholarship and annotated bibliography. Charlottesville : Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia by the University Press of Virginia, 1980.

Nastali, Daniel P, and Phillip C. Boardman. The Arthurian annals : the tradition in English from 1250 to 2000. 2 vols. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Rice, Joanne A. Middle English romance : an annotated bibliography, 1955-1985. New York : Garland Pub., 1987.

Find Articles Top of page
The following databases will provide references to material on all authors and topics covered in this course. You must be logged on with NetID and Password to access these databases.

ABELL+FT - Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature - retrieves bibliographic references to books, book chapters and journal articles. Many journal articles are full text.

MLA International Bibliography - retrieves bibliographic references to books, book chapters, and journal articles. It has a higher proportion of book chapters than ABELL+FT. Use thesymbol to search Voyager. Links to full-text may be provided through the Voyager catalogue record. 

International Medieval Bibliography


 Internet Resources Top of page
You must be logged on with NetID and Password to access these sites.

Sir Thomas Malory Society page

Medieval literature section of Luminarium

From Norton Topics Online - King Arthur: Romancing Politics
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File Last updated: 15th July 2010