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title	:	King Arthur in America Arthurian Studies, 0261-9814 ; 41
author	:	Lupack, Alan.; Lupack, Barbara Tepa
publisher	:	Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
isbn10 | asin	:	0859915433
print isbn13	:	9780859915434
ebook isbn13	:	9780585220451
language	:	English
subject	American literature--History and criticism, Arthurian romances--History and criticism--Adaptations, American literature--Celtic influences, Knights and knighthood in literature, Kings and rulers in literature.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	PS169.A9L86 1999eb
ddc	:	813.009/351
subject	:	American literature--History and criticism, Arthurian romances--History and criticism--Adaptations, American literature--Celtic influences, Knights and knighthood in literature, Kings and rulers in literature.

Page i ARTHURIAN STUDIES XLI King Arthur in America

Page ii ARTHURIAN STUDIES ISSN 0261-9814 Previously published volumes in the series are listed at the back of this book

Page iii King Arthur in America Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack D. S. BREWER

Page iv Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack 1999 All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner First published 1999 D. S. Brewer, Cambridge ISBN 0 85991 543 3 D. S. Brewer is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA website: http://www.boydell.co.uk A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lupack, Alan. King Arthur in America / Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack. p. cm. (Arthurian studies, ISSN 0261-9814; 41) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-85991-543-3 (hc.: alk. paper) 1. American literatureHistory and criticism. 2. Arthurian romancesAdaptationsHistory and criticism. 3. American literatureCeltic influences. 4. Knights and knighthood in literature. 5. Kings and rulers in literature. I. Lupack, Barbara Tepa, 1951-. II. Title. III. Series. PS169.A9L86 1999 813.009'351dc21 98-51847 This publication is printed on acid-free paper Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Page v Contents List of Illustrations vi Acknowledgments ix Preface xi 1 Arthurian Literature in America Before Twain 1 2 Reaction to Tennyson: Parody 35 3 Reaction to Tennyson: Visions of Courageous Achievement 59 4 From Twain to the Twenties 93 5 Beyond The Waste Land: Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner 135 6 Steinbeck and the Arthurian Legend 183 7 Contemporary Novelists 210 8 The Arthurian Tradition and American Popular Culture 276 Bibliography 327 Index 359

Page vi Illustrations Figure 1. Sir Launfal scorns a beggar in Sol Eytinge's illustration for an 1867 edition of The Vision of Sir Launfal. 12 Figure 2. Sir Bleoberis's armor is magnetized in an illustration for Max Adeler's "The Fortunate Island." 45 Figure 3. Hank Morgan as Uncle Sam in one of Dan Beard's illustrations for the first edition of Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. 50 Figure 4. A Castle of the Knights of King Arthur. 61 Figure 5. A Court of the Queens of Avalon. 64 Figure 6. Sir Galahad is brought to the Siege Perilous in Alfred Kappes's illustration for the first edition of Lanier's The Boy's King Arthur. 76 Figure 7. Howard Pyle's depiction of Launcelot's decorous service to Queen Guinevere. 88 Figure 8. George Foster Barnes's depiction of Druid ritual in William H. Babcock's Cian of the Chariots 96 Figure 9. Hank, King Arthur, and Sandy about to be hanged, from the 1931 film A Connecticut Yankee starring Will Rogers.

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