Arthurian Myth and Legend, Campbell and The Grail Quest
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Arthurian Myth and Legend, Campbell and The Grail Quest
Please share your Arthurian favorites in this thread.
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Here's a cool BBC documentary entitled In Search of Myths and Heroes: King Arthur. Wood's demonstration of the unfolding of myth over time is alone worth the watch. (1 hour)
http://watchdocumentary.com/watch/in-se ... a1954.html
Cindy
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Here's a cool BBC documentary entitled In Search of Myths and Heroes: King Arthur. Wood's demonstration of the unfolding of myth over time is alone worth the watch. (1 hour)
http://watchdocumentary.com/watch/in-se ... a1954.html
Cindy
Last edited by Cindy B. on Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Clemsy, You are quite right.
Michael Wood is without question one of the premier documentarians working today. He has done over 80 different projects and is a " Fellow of the Royal Historical Society ". Some of the more notable works are on subjects like: William Shakespeare; The Trojan War; The Conquistadors; Art of the Western World; Alexander The Great; the Dark Ages; and many, many others. His work is deep, thorough, comprehensive, and most important accessible. My personal favorite is the 6 hour series on " The Story of India "; also available for viewing on this site.
Cindy this is a great piece and thank you for the link to this fabulous documentry site. It is now on my favorites list. ( I could easily spend waaay too much time here. )
PS. He has done 2 recent projects; one on Beowulf ( 2009 ) and a TV series and book on the history of England ( 2010).
Cheers
Michael Wood is without question one of the premier documentarians working today. He has done over 80 different projects and is a " Fellow of the Royal Historical Society ". Some of the more notable works are on subjects like: William Shakespeare; The Trojan War; The Conquistadors; Art of the Western World; Alexander The Great; the Dark Ages; and many, many others. His work is deep, thorough, comprehensive, and most important accessible. My personal favorite is the 6 hour series on " The Story of India "; also available for viewing on this site.
Cindy this is a great piece and thank you for the link to this fabulous documentry site. It is now on my favorites list. ( I could easily spend waaay too much time here. )
PS. He has done 2 recent projects; one on Beowulf ( 2009 ) and a TV series and book on the history of England ( 2010).
Cheers
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Have you seen this Mary Stewart interview, Clemsy?
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/in ... tewart.htm
Cindy
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/in ... tewart.htm
Cindy
If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s. --Jung
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I have a book entitled "Celtic Mythology" based on a text by Charles Squire from 1910. It is a bit dry and suffers from a rather archaic style, but it is very interesting for the sections where the author traces the Arthurian legends back to their Celtic origins. He basically maintains that the characters in Arthurian legends are the Gods of old Ireland and Wales now reduced down into into human characters, albeit of mythical grandeur.
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