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King Arthur: Medieval British Literature and Modern Critical Tradition
276 pages, Hardcover
Published November 7, 2025
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November 16, 2025
I’ve just finished reading every word of “King Arthur” twice. Prof. Breeze’s extremely erudite “King Arthur” will be a monumental achievement in Arthurian studies. He addresses many major and contentious topics in medieval British Arthurian literature, and I am confident that scholars and students alike will be inspired to pursue new research directions: to catch the dozen of scholarly rabbits “King Arthur” sets off.
For researchers on British “King Arthur,” facts or fiction, this book is a MUST-READ. For understandable reasons, Prof. Breeze engages deeply with the entire tradition of medieval British Arthurian criticism, as he writes in the “Preface”: “if work of importance has been left out, then nobody wishes to know about it more than the present writer.”
If you are a medieval scholar or simply a student like me, reading the chronological display of the critical tradition on British King Arthur can also be inspiring, watching how critics have thought about Arthur, each with an agenda, whether “patriotic, nationalistic, mystical, imperialistic, neo-pagan, post-colonial, even feminist.”
And if you’re simply a common reader, Prof. Breeze’s engaging narrative can guide your journey through the Arthurian legends and the rich scholarly tradition behind them—full of interest, debate, and fun.
For researchers on British “King Arthur,” facts or fiction, this book is a MUST-READ. For understandable reasons, Prof. Breeze engages deeply with the entire tradition of medieval British Arthurian criticism, as he writes in the “Preface”: “if work of importance has been left out, then nobody wishes to know about it more than the present writer.”
If you are a medieval scholar or simply a student like me, reading the chronological display of the critical tradition on British King Arthur can also be inspiring, watching how critics have thought about Arthur, each with an agenda, whether “patriotic, nationalistic, mystical, imperialistic, neo-pagan, post-colonial, even feminist.”
And if you’re simply a common reader, Prof. Breeze’s engaging narrative can guide your journey through the Arthurian legends and the rich scholarly tradition behind them—full of interest, debate, and fun.
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