Medieval Arthurian Literature

    Some day I will stop complaining about the appalling lack of scholarly material treating Welsh-language sources for Arthurian legends, but it is not this day.  In the mean time, have some reference material!

Alliterative
Morte Arthure
    Adler, Gillian. "'Ȝit þat traytour alls tite teris lete he fall': Arthur, Mordred, and Tragedy in the Alliterative Morte Arthure." Arthuriana, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 2015), pp. 3-21.
    Benson, Larry D. ed. King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and the Alliterative Morte Arthure. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 1994.
    Crofts, Thomas H. "Perverse and Contrary Deeds: The Giant of Mont Saint Michel and the Alliterative Morte Arthure." In The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain, edited by Amanda Hopkins and Cory James Rushton. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2007, pp. 116-131.
    Jefferson, Judith A. and Putter, Ad. "Alliterative Patterning in the Morte Arthure." Studies in Philology, Vol. 102, No. 4 (Autumn, 2005), pp. 415-433.
    Schray, Kateryna A. Rudnytzky. "The Plot in Miniature: Arthur's Battle on Mont St. Michel in the Alliterative Morte Arthure." Studies in Philology, Vol. 101, No. 1 (Winter, 2004), pp. 1-19.


Chrétien de Troyes

    Hinton, Thomas. "The Aesthetics of Communication: Sterility and Fertility in the Conte del Graal Cycle." In Arthurian Literature XXVI, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2009, pp. 97-108.
    Holmes, Jr., Urban T. "A New Interpretation of Chrétien's Conte del Graal." Studies in Philology, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul., 1947), pp. 453-476.
    Kelly, Douglas. "Gauvain and Fin' Amors in the Poems of Chrétien de Troyes." Studies in Philology, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Oct., 1970), pp. 453-460.
    Newby, Rebecca. "Illusory Ends in Chretien de Troyes' Erec et Enide." In Arthurian Literature XXXIV, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2018, pp. 1-21.
    Oliver, Lisi. "Spilled Wine and Lost Sovereignty in Chrétien's Perceval." Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, Vol. 97, No. 1 (1996), pp. 91-102.
    Poppe, Erich. "Chrétien's British Yvain in England and Wales." In Arthurian Literature XXXIII, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2016, pp. 29-69.
    Spensley, Ronald M. "Gauvain's Castle of Marvels Adventure in the Conte del Graal." Medium Ævum, Vol. 42, No. 1 (1973), pp. 32-37.
    Woods, William S. "The Plot Structure in Four Romances of Chrestien de Troyes." Studies in Philology, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan., 1953), pp. 1-15.

Geoffrey of Monmouth

    Echard, Siân. "'Whyche thyng semeth not to agree with other histories...': Rome in Geoffrey of Monmouth and His Early Readers." In Arthurian Literature XXVI, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2009, pp. 109-130.
    Flood, Victoria. "Arthur's Return from Avalon: Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Development of the Legend." Arthuriana, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Summer 2015), pp. 84-110.
    Henley, Georgia. "From 'The Matter of Britain' to 'The Matter of Rome': Latin Literary Culture and the Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Wales." In Arthurian Literature XXXIII, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2016, pp. 1-28.
    Padel, O. J. "The Matter of Britain." In Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature. University of Wales Press, 2013, pp. 56-71.
    Tolstoy, Nikolai. "Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Merlin Legend." In Arthurian Literature XXV, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2008, pp. 1-42.

Lancelot
Compilation
    Besamuca, Bart. "The Medieval Dutch Arthurian Material." In The Arthur of the Germans: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval German and Dutch Literature, edited by W. H. Jackson and S. A. Ranawake. Cardiff: 2000, pp. 187-228.
    Besamuca, Bart. "The Prevalence of Verse in Medieval Dutch and English Arthurian Fiction." Arthuriana, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Summer 2005), pp. 3-12.
    Johnson, David F. "Questing in the Middle Dutch Lancelot Compilation." In The Grail, the Quest, and the World of Arthur, edited by Norris J. Lacy. Rochester, NY: 2008, pp. 92-108.
    Hogenbirk, Marjolein. "A Comical Villain: Arthur's Seneschal in a Section of the Middle Dutch Lancelot Compilation." In Arthurian Literature XIX: Comedy in Arthurian Literature, edited by Keith Busby and Roger Dalrymple. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2003, pp. 165-176.
    Lacy, Norris J. "The Uses of Middle Dutch Arthuriana." Arthuriana, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Summer 2005), pp. 3-12.

Malory's
Le Morte d'Arthur
    Clifton, Nicole. "Sir Gawain's Death and Prophecy in Malory's Morte Darthur." In Arthurian Literature XXXIV, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2018, pp. 52-68.
    Coleman, Dwayne C. "Murder, Manslaughter and Reputation: Killing in Malory's Le Morte Darthur." In Medieval and Early Modern Murder: Legal, Literary and Historical Contexts, edited by Larissa Tracy. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2018, pp. 206-226.
    Hoffman, Donald L. "Malory and the English Comic Tradition." In Arthurian Literature XIX: Comedy in Arthurian Literature, edited by Keith Busby and Roger Dalrymple. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2003, pp.177-188.
    Moss, Rachel E. "'And much more I am soryat for my good knyghts': Fainting, Homosociality, and Elite Male Culture in Middle English Romance." Historical Reflections, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Spring 2016), pp. 101-113.
    Radulescu, Raluca L. "Malory's Lancelot and the Key to Salvation." In Arthurian Literature XXV, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2008, pp. 93-118.
    Rushton, Cory J. "The Ladies' Man: Gawain as Lover in Middle English Literature." In The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain, edited by Amanda Hopkins and Cory James Rushton. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2007, pp. 27-37.
    Rushton, Cory James. "The Tomb of the Kings: Imperial Space in Arthur's Camelot." In Arthurian Literature XXXVI: Sacred Space and Place in Arthurian Romance, edited by Sarah Bowden et al. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2021, pp. 175-192.
    Sklar, Elizabeth S. "'Laughyng and Smylyng': Comic Modalities in Malory's Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake." In Arthurian Literature XIX: Comedy in Arthurian Literature, edited by Keith Busby and Roger Dalrymple. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2003, pp.189-198.

Prose
Merlin
    Conlee, John. ed. Prose Merlin. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 1998.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Ashe, Laura. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Limits of Chivalry." In The Exploitations of Medieval Romance, edited by Laura Ashe et al. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2010, pp. 159-172.
    Ashton, Gail. "The Perverse Dynamics of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Arthuriana, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall 2005), pp. 51-74.
    Boyd, David L. "Sodomy, Misogyny, and Displacement: Occluding Queer Desire in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Arthuriana, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Summer 1998), pp. 77-113.
    Brewer, Derek. "Romance Traditions and Christian Values in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." In Christianity and Romance in Medieval England, edited by Rosalind Field et al. Rochester, NY: 2010, pp. 150-158.
    Cartlidge, Neil. "Who Is the Traitor at the Beginning of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?" In Arthurian Literature XXXIV, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2018, pp. 22-51.
    Clark, Cecily. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Its Artistry and Its Audience." Medium Ævum, Vol. 40, No. 1 (1971), pp. 10-20.
    Cox, Catherine S. "Genesis and Gender in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." The Chaucer Review, Vol. 35, No. 4 (2001), pp. 378-390.
    Dinshaw, Carolyn. "A Kiss Is Just a Kiss: Heterosexuality and Its Consolations in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Diacritics, Vol. 24, No. 2/3 (Summer - Autumn, 1994), pp. 204-226.
    Field, P. J. C. "A Rereading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Studies in Philology, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1971), pp. 255-269.
    Flood, Victoria. "'Fantoum and FayryȜe': Visions of the End of Arthurian Britain." In Arthurian Literature XXXVI: Sacred Space and Place in Arthurian Romance, edited by Sarah Bowden et al. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2021, pp. 149-174.
   Hardman, Philippa. "Gawain's Practice of Piety in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Medium Ævum,    Vol. 68, No. 2 (1999), pp. 247-267.
    Henry, Avril. "Temptation and Hunt in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Medium Ævum, Vol. 45, No. 2 (1976), pp. 187-200.
    Puhvel, Martin. "Pride and Fall in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, Vol. 97, No. 1 (1996), pp. 57-70.
    Sweeney, Michelle. "Questioning Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Teaching the Text Through Its Medieval English Christian Context." In Christianity and Romance in Medieval England, edited by Rosalind Field et al. Rochester, NY: 2010, pp. 161-175.
    Wadiak, Walter. "Gawain's 'Nirt' and the Sign of Chivalry." In Savage Economy: The Returns of Middle English Romance. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2017, pp. 88-118.
    Whiteford, Peter. "Rereading Gawain's Five Wits." Medium Ævum, Vol. 73, No. 2 (2004), pp. 225-234.

Vulgate Cycle
    Jefferson, Lisa. "The Keys to the Enchantments of Dolorous Guard." Medium Ævum, Vol. 58, No. 1 (1989), pp. 59-79.
    Maloney, Kara Larson. "Evadeam, The Dwarf Knight from the Lancelot-Grail Cycle (ca. 1220-30)." In Medieval Disability Sourcebook: Western Europe, edited by Cameron Hunt McNabb. Punctum Books, 2020, pp. 365-378.
    Wood, Lucas. "'Chevaliers ocirre': Manslaughter, Morality and Meaning in the Queste del Saint Graal." In Medieval and Early Modern Murder: Legal, Literary and Historical Contexts, edited by Larissa Tracy. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2018, pp. 179-205.

Welsh sources

    Fulton, Helen. "Magic and the Supernatural in Early Welsh Arthurian Narrative: Culhwch ac Olwen and Breuddwyd Rhonabwy." In Arthurian Literature XXX, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and David F. Johnson. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2013, pp. 1–26.
   
Padel, O. J. "The Earliest Texts." In Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature. University of Wales Press, 2013, pp. 3-10.

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