CMLIT 083T: Arthurian Legend

The CAT

You can search The CAT by entering book titles or authors' names. Authors' names should be listed in The CAT according to standard French usage and titles should be entered without the initial article (le, la, les).

Examples:    Malory, Thomas   -OR-   morte d'arthur

To do a subject search, it is important to know the LC subject headings. You can also "Browse" by subject headings.

Examples of useful subject headings:

Arthurian romances
Arthur, King

How to find materials NOT at Penn State.

JSTOR 

• Full-text, full-image archive of journals in a various humanities and social sciences disciplines, including many journals in classical literature and archaeology
• Some content back to the nineteenth century
• Content excludes the most recent three to five years

ProjectMuse

• Full-text of scholarly journals, including many key history journals

ProQuest

• indexes 5,000+ magazines, journals, and newspapers.

ARTstor

• A database of digital images of works of art and of artifacts of visual culture, contains hundreds of thousands of good-quality images.

The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester: Arthurian Texts, Images, Bibliographies and Basic Information
This major electronic database project contains primary and secondary sources for the study of Arthurian literature.

The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
"The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. Each user will be able to find an Ariadne's thread through the maze of information on the Web."

Arthurian Resources
This site includes essays on the historicity and nature of Arthur in legend. It includes bibliographies and recommendations for further study.

Britannia-History Resources
This website provides a background in British history with timelines, narrative histories and resources on Arthur, the Church and other kings and rulers. Reading lists are available for many topics.

Legends-King Arthur & the Matter of Britain
This is a good overview site that links the user to pertinent primary and secondary source webpages about King Arthur.

Luminarium: Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)

The Online Medieval and Classical Library

Voice of the Shuttle Anglo-Saxon & Medieval Page

The Encyclopedia Mythica

ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedia of Literary Epics. 1996. (PN56.E65J33 1996b  A&H Ref)

Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature. 2000. (PN669.E53 2000  A&H Ref)

Medieval England: An Encyclopedia. 1998. (DA129.M43 1998  A&H Ref)

Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. 2000. (GR35.M43 2000  Educ Ref)

The New Arthurian Encyclopedia. 1996. (DA152.5.A7N48 1996  A&H Ref)

The Arthurian Name Dictionary. 1999.  (DA152.5.A7B78  A&H Ref)

Handbooks and Guides

The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend. 2005.  (DA152.5.A7L87 2005  A&H Ref)

The Arthurian Annals: the Tradition in English from 1250 to 2000. 2004.  (DA152.5.A7N37 2004  A&H Ref)

Dawn Childress
Arts & Humanities Library
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Penn State University
Phone: 814-865-0660
Fax: 814-863-7502

or Your Campus Librarian.