01419 a2200265 4500 1138001678 20250317100405.0 250312042014GB eng 9781138001671 Taylor & Francis GBP 56.99 BB 01 eng DSRC thema DSBB thema DSRC bic DSBB bic LIT000000 bisac 820.9351 bisac Debra N. Mancoff King Arthur's Modern Return 1 Oxford Routledge 20140428 264 p The Arthurian legend closes with a promise: On a distant day, when his country calls, the king will return. His lost realm will be regained, and his shattered dream of an ideal world will, at last, be realized. This collection of original essays explores the issue of return in the modern Arthurian legend. With an Introduction by noted scholar Raymond H. Thompson and 13 essays by authors from the fields of literature, art history, film history, and folklore, this collection reveals the flexibility of the legend. Just as the modern legend takes the form current to its generation, the myth of return generates a new legend with each telling. As these authors show, return can come in the form of a noble king or a Caribbean immigrant, with the mystery of an art theft or a dying boy's dream. 1675 1675