Merlin : : Knowledge and Power through the Ages / / Stephen Knight.
Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, has been a source of enduring fascination for centuries. In this authoritative, entertaining, and generously illustrated book, Stephen Knight traces the myth of Merlin back to its earliest roots in the early Welsh figure of Myrddin. He then follows Merlin as h...
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Knight, Stephen, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Merlin : Knowledge and Power through the Ages / Stephen Knight. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2016 1 online resource (296 p.) : 25 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: British Myrddin-Merlin: Wisdom -- Chapter 2: Medieval Merlin: Advice -- Chapter 3: English Merlin: Cleverness -- Chapter 4: International Merlin: Education -- Notes -- Primary Bibliography -- Secondary Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, has been a source of enduring fascination for centuries. In this authoritative, entertaining, and generously illustrated book, Stephen Knight traces the myth of Merlin back to its earliest roots in the early Welsh figure of Myrddin. He then follows Merlin as he is imagined and reimagined through centuries of literature and art, beginning with Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose immensely popular History of the Kings of Britain (1138) transmitted the story of Merlin to Europe at large. He covers French and German as well as Anglophone elements of the myth and brings the story up to the present with discussions of a globalized Merlin who finds his way into popular literature, film, television, and New Age philosophy.Knight argues that Merlin in all his guises represents a conflict basic to Western societies-the clash between knowledge and power. While the Merlin story varies over time, the underlying structural tension remains the same whether it takes the form of bard versus lord, magician versus monarch, scientist versus capitalist, or academic versus politician. As Knight sees it, Merlin embodies the contentious duality inherent to organized societies. In tracing the applied meanings of knowledge in a range of social contexts, Knight reveals the four main stages of the Merlin myth: Wisdom (early Celtic British), Advice (medieval European), Cleverness (early modern English), and Education (worldwide since the nineteenth century). If a wizard can be captured within the pages of a book, Knight has accomplished the feat. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Knowledge, Theory of, in literature. Power (Social sciences) in literature. Biography & Autobiography. Literary Studies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110667493 print 9781501705694 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501732928 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501732928 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501732928/original |
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