1. Hibbert, Christopher. The Search For King Arthur. Ed. Horizon Magazine Editors. New York: American Heritage Publishing, Co., Inc., 1969. A very helpful book that has about a quarter of it dedicated to the various Arthurian literature.  There are many colorful pictures and easy to understand explanations.  Also, the book is filled with helpful quotes from the various Arthurian authors to give you a sample of how the writing style progressed through the centuries.

 

2. Interactive Technologies, LLC. Camelot and Arthurian Legend. 21 Nov. 2001 . This is a small site that has brief biographies of each of the five main characters in the contemporary Arthurian legend.  The authors discuss the different versions of the characters’ histories, so that there isn’t one set view of the folklore.  The site has a limited amount of information, but it’s still a useful source.

 

3.  King Arthur: A Man for the Ages. DW and DDTMedia Productions, Ltd. 7 Dec. 2001 . This is a very extensive site that contains information about the historical and literary aspects of the Arthurian legend through the years. It contains sections devoted to the authors, characters, and themes of the folklore that has been popular for over a millennium.

 

4.  Lord Tennyson, Alfred. “Lancelot and Elaine” and “Guinevere”. Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems. New York: The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., 1961. 138‑171 and 224 to 241. Tennyson was famous for his long, epic Arthurian poems, and this book compiles most of them into one source. Although I only cited from two of the poems, they still helped me to develop and defend my three-part thesis by providing evidence to support each point.

 

5.  Lupack, Alan, and Barbara Tepa Lupack. The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester. University of Rochester. 20 Nov. 2001 . A huge site with a source of Arthurian texts, images, and commentary.  The information here is extremely helpful, and since it is put together by students, it’s even easier for other students to use.

 

6. Matthews, John. King Arthur and the Grail Quest. 1994. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1995. This book has a narrower topic than many of my other sources, but I still found it useful for the parts of my paper dealing with the Grail quest.  I also used some of the pictures in this book as media for my website.

 

7.  - - -. “Lancelot and Tristan‑‑True Love and Perfect Chivalry.” The Arthurian Tradition. Rockport: Element Books, Inc., 1994. 50‑61. This is another book by John Matthews which explores the Arthurian legend in depth by investigating its roots in Welsh myth.  The pictures in this book helped me to get a feel for basic elements of the legend, while the text explained some of the more confusing aspects.  The section devoted to Lancelot was useful for researching the role of chivalry, also.

 

8.  Rawnsley, Frances. Artmagick. 17 Nov. 2001 . This is a very extensive site that has a large gallery of Pre‑Raphaelite art, many examples of which have an Arthurian theme to them.  I used some of the images from these pages to enhance my own site and provide a visually appealing edge to it.

 

9.      Malory, Sir Thomas. Le Morte d’Arthur. Trans. Keith Baines. New York: Bramhall House, 1962. This is among the most famous collections of Arthurian literature, and is an essential source to use when writing a research paper about the legend.  However, since the original version was first published in 1485, I used this ‘translated’ version which was converted into modern language for easier use.  Although most of this book deals with knightly quests, there is a portion dedicated to the infamous love triangle.

 

10. Malory, Sir Thomas, and T.H. White. “The Legend of King Arthur.” 1989. Prentice Hall Literature Platinum. Ed. Eileen Thompson. 2nd ed. Eaglewood Cliffs: Prentice‑Hall, Inc., 1991. 716‑771. This was actually my sophomore literature book, and I returned to it for research purposes.  There is a separate section towards the back of the anthology that is dedicated entirely to the Arthurian legend.  This helped immensely because it provided analytical information about the legend, as well as excerpts from various pieces of Arthurian literature.

 

11. Songs from the Musicals. Geocities.com. 4 Dec. 2001 . This is a small page that contains lyrics from popular Broadway musicals. Since the Arthurian legend was brought to the stage with the production of "Camelot", I used this site to find some lyrics from the songs of the play which drew on the love triangle that was at the center of its plot.

 

12.  White, T.H. The Once and Future King New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1939. Since this is the most contemporary version of the Arthurian legend, it was my main source in terms of raw literature.  The storytelling is wonderful, and the author does a good job showing how the affair gradually led to Camelot’s demise.  The characters in this great novel are also lifelike and tragic at the same time.