The Arthurian legends have had an immense and enduring appeal in America, influencing both America's own mythologies and its literature, film, social history, and popular culture. This is the first full-length study to focus exclusively on American re-interpretations of Arthuriana, and it offers detailed treatments of major authors traditionally associated with the legends, including Mark Twain, Edwin Arlington Robinson, T.S. Eliot, and John Steinbeck; italso explores the important use of Arthurian material by authors not usually considered in an Arthurian context, and by lesser-known writers. Among the topics addressed in the chronological survey are the beginnings of American Arthurian literature and the different reactions to Tennyson; satire and parody; the moralising of knighthood and the development of a body of didactic literature for children; and the reinterpretations of Arthurian tradition in theworks of contemporary writers such as Walker Percy and John Updike. A concluding chapter analyses Arthurian themes in American popular fiction and film and demonstrates the extent to which the Arthurian tradition has influenced American popular culture. The volume is completed with a comprehensive bibliography. ALAN LUPACK is Curator of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester; BARBARA TEPA LUPACKis former AcademicDean at SUNY and Fulbright Professor of American Literature in Poland and France.

King Arthur in America

Alan Lupack

Barbara Tepa Lupack

University of Rochester Press

Insanity as Redemption in Contemporary American Fiction: Inmates Running the Asylum

University Press of Florida

King Arthur is gone now. His Order has been relegated to legend. And I alone survive to tell the tales of that fabulous and mystical time, when men ruled and fought but women shaped the destiny of that place called Camelot. In The Girl s King Arthur, an original retelling of the Arthurian stories introduced by the Lady of the Lake, Barbara Tepa Lupack recounts the tales of Guinevere, Elaine of Astolat, Iseult, Vivien, Morgan le Fay and the other legendary women who had a hand in the making and unmaking of Camelot. Told by the women in their own distinctive voices, the stories offer a nontraditional perspective on the familiar tales by emphasizing female achievement. They also paint an exciting new picture of the Arthurian world a world of magic, both black and white; of loyalties, both binding and broken; and of dreams, both frustrated and fulfilled. An invaluable counterpart to The Boy s King Arthur, this volume is sure to delight readers, young and old. For readers 10 and up.

The Girl's King Arthur: Tales of the Women of Camelot

Scriptorium Press

Plays of Passion, Games of Chance

Wyndham Hall Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Barbara Tepa Lupack. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Barbara Tepa Lupack