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List of Arthurian literature

This is a bibliography of works about King Arthur, his family, friends or enemies. This bibliography includes works that are notable or are by notable authors.

6th century
De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae by Gildas (mentions the Battle of Mons Badonicus, but famously neglects to mention Arthur) ==9th century==
9th century
Historia Brittonum attributed to Nennius ==10th century==
10th century
LatinAnnales Cambriae, anonymous WelshPreiddeu Annwfn attributed to TaliesinPa Gur yv y Porthaur (), anonymous (a dialogue between Arthur and a gatekeeper, in which he boasts about Cei's battle with the Cath Palug) • Englynion y Beddau (), anonymous (Arthur's grave site is a mystery) ==11th century==
11th century
LatinThe Legend of St. Goeznovius, anonymous (Saxon resurgence when Arthur is "recalled from the actions of the world" may be a reference to his immortality.; Vortigern mentioned) • Vita Sancti Cadoc by Lifris of Llancarfan (Arthur wants to ravish Gwladys whom Gundliauc elopes with, but aids them by Kay and Bedivere's counsel. St. Cadoc harbors a killer of Arthur's men and pays cattle as recompense, but they transform into bundles of ferns.) WelshTrioedd Ynys Prydein () 11th–14th century. (Twelve triads referring to Arthur. Others mention Mabon and Drystan, etc.) • Trioedd y meirch () (mentions the horse names of Cei (Sir Kay), Gwalchmai's horse Ceincaled.) • Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain () 15th–16th centuries • Pedwar marchog ar hugain llys () 15th–16th centuries) ==12th century==
12th century
WelshCulhwch and Olwen, anonymous, LatinVita Sancti Carannog (at Arthur's requests, Carannog tames a dragon. Cato (Kay) is depicted as feeding it.) • Vita Sancti Euflami (Arthur cannot defeat dragon, but Efflam causes it to plunge from a rock through prayer) • Vita Sancti Paternus (mentions Arthur and Caradoc) • Gesta Regum Anglorum by William of Malmesbury 1125 (Arthur wears image of Mary; Discovery of Gawain's tomb.) • Historia Anglorum by Henry of Huntingdon 1129 (mentions Arthur) • Vita Santi Gildae by Caradoc of Llancarfan (early version of Malegant-Guenivere abduction narrative.) • Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth are the main source of information for those writing on the legend. • Historia Regum BritanniaeVita MerliniVera historia de morte ArthuriDe miraculis sanctae Mariae Laudunensis by Herman of Tournai 1147 (early witness to the legend of Arthur's survival) • Life of Saint Kentigern by Jocelyn of Furness (contains a version of the legend of Merlin, here called Lailoken) • Vita Sancti Illtud (Illtud came across from Brittany to visit his cousin Arthur's court. King Mark mentioned.) French and Anglo-NormanRoman de Brut by Wace (an Anglo-Norman verse reworking of Historia Regum Britanniae) • Draco Normannicus by Étienne de Rouen (an epic chronicle of Normandy, it is the first text to mention Morgan Le Fay as Arthur's sister) • Tristan by Thomas of BritainTristan by Béroul • ''Folie Tristan d'Oxford'', • The Lais of Marie de FranceLanvalChevrefoil (an episode of the Tristan and Iseult story) • The poems of Chrétien de TroyesErec and EnideCligésYvain, the Knight of the LionLancelot, the Knight of the CartPerceval, le Conte du GraalTristan mentioned but non-extant • The poems of Robert de Boron • '''' (extant) • Merlin (partly extant in 300 lines) • Perceval • The (a rendering of a lost poem titled Perceval by Robert de Boron) • Le Bel Inconnu by Renaut de Beujeu • Lai du Cor by Robert Biket (Caradoc succeeds in drinking from horn, proves wife's chastity) • La Mantel Mautaillé (Caradoc's wife passes the chastity test by wearing an ill-fitting mantel) • La Mule sans frein GermanTristan by Eilhart von ObergeLanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven late 12th century (a rendering of a lost French tale of Lancelot that likely predates Chrétien de Troyes's famous Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart. Ulrich von Zatzikhoven obtained a copy of the original book in 1194 and translated the work from French into German.) • The poems of Hartmann von AueIwein, late 12th century (German adaptation of Chrétien's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion) • Erec, late 12th century (expanded reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide) ==13th century==
13th century
French, Anglo-Norman or ProvençalRoman de Fergus by Guillaume le Clerc 1190s/1200s • Jaufré (Occitan verse) • La Vengeance Raguidel by Raoul (sometimes identified as Raoul de Houdenc) • Lancelot-Grail (Vulgate Cycle), anonymous • Estoire del Saint GrailEstoire de MerlinLancelot propreQueste del Saint GraalMort ArtuPerlesvaus, anonymous, • Prose Tristan by "Luce de Gat" (1230s) and "Helie de Boron" (c. 1240) • Post-Vulgate Cycle, anonymous begun 1230s, finished 1240s • Palamedes composed between 1235 and 1240 • L'âtre périlleux, anonymous • '''', • Roman de Silence by Heldrius de Cornwall • Roman de Roi Artus aka Compilation by Rusticiano (Rustichello da Pisa); Franco-Italian, • Gyron le courtois (published 1501?) • Meliadus de Leonnoys (published 1528 by Galliot du Pré, 1532 by Denys Janot) GermanTristan by Gottfried von StrassburgParzival by Wolfram von EschenbachWigalois by Wirnt von Grafenberg • Daniel von Blumenthal by Der StrickerDiu Crône by Heinrich von dem Türlin • The poems of Der PleierGarel von dem blühenden Tal, or • Tandareis und FlordibelMeleranzDer Mantel, once attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin (the "ill-fitting mantle" chastity test theme) NorseBrother Robert's prose renditions • Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar 1226 (Norse reworking Tristan by Thomas of Britain) • Ívens saga 1226 (Norse reworking of Chrétien's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion) • Erex saga, perhaps originally by Robert (text probably changed in MS. transmission; a Norse reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide) • Parcevals sagaValvens þáttrMöttuls saga, adaptation of the "ill-fitting mantle" motif • Strengleikar (translations of lais mostly by Marie de France) • "Geitarlauf" (translation of Chevrefoil) • "Januals ljóð" (translation of Lanval) EnglishBrut by Layamon (English reworking of Historia Regum Britanniae) • Sir Tristrem (English reworking of Tristan by Thomas of Britain) • Arthour and Merlin Dutch • '''' by Penninc and Pieter Vostaert • Roman van Ferguut (translation and reworking of the Roman de Fergus) • The Lancelot Compilation (an adaptation of the Lancelot-Grail and other romances, 10 in all:) • LanceloetPerchevaelMoriaen (Morien) • '''' • Wrake van Ragisel (adaptation of Vengeance Raguidel) • Ridder metter mouwen ("The Knight with the Sleeve" ) • Walewein ende KeyeLanceloet en het hert met de witte voet ("Lancelot and the Stag with the White Foot") • Torec by Jacob van MaerlantArturs doet HebrewMelech Artus (), a 1279 Hebrew translation, and the first in that language, which was published in Italy. Contains several short parts of the Vulgate Cycle: the Pendragon's seduction of Igraine and Arthur's death. Total of 5 pages, at the end of a larger codex on calendar astronomy titled ''Sefer ha-I'bbur'' ("the book of making leap years"). Anonymous author. WelshBrut y Brenhinedd (Welsh chronicle adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae) • The Dream of Rhonabwy, anonymous • The Black Book of Carmarthen, anonymous (mentions Arthur) ==14th century==
14th century
EnglishAlliterative Morte Arthure, anonymous • Stanzaic Morte Arthur, anonymous • The Avowyng of ArthurThe Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle, anonymous • The Awntyrs off Arthure, anonymous • Sir Cleges (not closely related to Chrestien's Cliges; set in Uther Pendragon's court) • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by The Pearl PoetSir Launfal by Thomas Chestre (a remaking of the lai of Lanval) • Sir Libeaus DesconusYvain and GawainSir Perceval of GallesArthurLancelot of the Laik Welsh (All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial) • Mabinogion, anonymous • Culhwch and Olwen (recorded) • The Welsh RomancesOwain, or the Lady of the FountainGeraint and EnidPeredur, son of Efrawg ItalianTavola Rottonda, anonymous FrenchPerceforest, anonymous CatalanLa Faula by Guillem de Torroella GreekO Presbus Ippotes (, ; a Greek reworking of part of Rustichello da Pisa's Compilations) ==15th century==
15th century
EnglishArthur • ''Le Morte d'Arthur'' by Sir Thomas Malory • Prose Merlin • "King Arthur and King Cornwall" • Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle ItalianOrlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria BoiardoLa Tavola Ritonda, anonymous IcelandicSkikkjurímur, (a rendition of the "ill-fitting mantle" story) Breton • ''An Dialog etre Arzur Roe d'an Bretounet ha Guynglaff'', anonymous ==16th century==
16th century
EnglishArthur of Little BritainThe Greene KnightThe Boy and the Mantle (ballad in the Percy Folio, chastity test story of the "ill-fitting mantle" and the horn) • The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain 1508 • The Jeaste of Sir GawainThe Misfortunes of Arthur by Thomas Hughes, 1587 • The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, 1590 WelshTristan Romance, preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS. Byelo-Russian • '''' 1560s YiddishViduvilt (Yiddish reworking of Wigalois) ==17th century==
17th century
English • Works of Richard JohnsonTom a Lincoln (1607) • The History of Tom Thumbe, the Little, for his small stature surnamed, King Arthurs Dwarfe (1621) • The Birth of Merlin, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father by William Rowley (?1620; first published 1662) • Works of Richard BlackmorePrince Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Ten Books (1695) • King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books (1697) ==18th century==
18th century
The History of Jack and the Giants, published by J. White (1711) • Works by Henry FieldingTom ThumbThe Tragedy of Tragedies • Warton, Thomas (1728–1790) • "The Grave of King Arthur" (1777) • "On King Arthur's Round-table at Winchester" (1777) • Vortigern and Rowena by W. H. Ireland (1799) (a Shakespearian forgery) ==19th century==
19th century
• "Arthur o' Bower" (1805) • By Alfred, Lord TennysonThe Lady of Shalott (1833) • Idylls of the King (1859–1885) • The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles (1862) • ''The Boy's King Arthur'' by Sidney Lanier (1880) • Tristram of Lyonesse by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1882) • ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' by Mark Twain (1889) Bulfinch, Thomas Age of Chivalry; or, Legends of King Arthur Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1872. ==20th century==
20th century
EnglishHoward Pyle - In a four volume set including: • "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" (1903) • "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table" (1905) • "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions" (1907) • "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur" (1910) • The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis (1905) by Clemence HousmanMerlin (1917), Lancelot (1920), and Tristram (1927) by Edwin Arlington RobinsonWar in Heaven (1930) by Charles W. S. Williams, a "modern-day" (20th century) quest for the Holy Grail • The Little Wench (1935) by Philip LindsayMerlin's Godson by H. Warner Munn • ''King of the World's Edge'' (1936) • The Ship from Atlantis (1967) • ''Merlin's Ring'' (1974) • Taliessin through Logres (1938) and The Region of the Summer Stars (1944) by Charles W. S. Williams (poem cycles) • The Once and Future King by T. H. White including • The Sword in the Stone (1938) • The Queen of Air and Darkness (or The Witch in the Wood) (1939) • The Ill-Made Knight (1940) • The Candle in the Wind (1958) • The Book of Merlyn (1977) • That Hideous Strength (1945) by C. S. LewisPorius (A Romance of the Dark Ages) (1951) by John Cowper PowysKing Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1953) by Roger Lancelyn GreenThe Great Captains (1956) by Henry TreeceRosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian novels: • The Lantern Bearers (1959) • Sword at Sunset (1963) • Tristan and Iseult (1971) • The Shining Company (1990), a retelling of Y Gododdin, which contains the earliest mention of Arthur's name • The Arthurian Trilogy (1979–1981), re-issued in an omnibus edition in 2007 as The King Arthur Trilogy: • The Light Beyond the Forest (1979) • The Sword and the Circle (1981) • The Road to Camlann (1981) • A Trace of Memory (1963) by Keith Laumer • The Merlin series by Mary StewartThe Crystal Cave (1970) • The Hollow Hills (1973) • The Last Enchantment (1979) • The Wicked Day (1983) • The Prince and the Pilgrim (1995) • The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1975) by John SteinbeckThe Mabinogion Tetralogy (1974) by Evangeline Walton. • Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel by Thomas Berger (1978) • The Three Damosels (1978) and The Enchantresses (1998) by Vera Chapman (the latter with Mike Ashley) • The Old French Tristan Poems (1980) by David J. Shirt • The Mists of Avalon (1983) by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe White Raven (1988) by Diana L. Paxson (Tristan and Isseult) • The Road to Avalon (1988) by Joan Wolf • The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen LawheadTaliesin (1987) • Merlin (1988) • Arthur (1989) • Pendragon (1994) • Grail (1997) • Avalon (1999) • The Guinevere trilogy by Persia WoolleyChild of the Northern Spring (1987) • Queen of the Summer Stars (1991) • Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn (1993) • Knight Life (1987), One Knight Only (2004) and Fall of Knight (2007) by Peter DavidThe Road to Avalon (1988) by Joan WolfThe King (1990) by Donald Barthelme • The Arthor series by A. A. AttanasioThe Dragon and the Unicorn (1994) • The Eagle and the Sword (1997) • The Wolf and the Crown (1998) • The Serpent and the Grail (1999) • The Child Queen (1994), The High Queen (1995), (collected in Queen of Camelot (2002)), Prince of Dreams (2004), and Grail Prince (2003) by Nancy McKenzieI Am Mordred (1998) by Nancy SpringerHallowed Isle by Diana L. Paxson: The Book of the Sword (1999), The Book of the Spear (1999), The Book of the Cauldron (1999), The Book of the Stone (2000). • The Guenevere novels by Rosalind MilesGuenevere, Queen of the Summer Country (1999) • The Knight of the Sacred Lake (2000) • Child of the Holy Grail (2000) • The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard CornwellThe Winter KingEnemy of GodExcalibur • By Jane Yolen: • Sword of the Rightful KingThe Young Merlin Trilogy • By Gerald Morris: • ''The Squire's Tale'' • The Squire, His Knight, and His LadyThe Savage Damsel and the Dwarf • ''Parsifal's Page'' • The Ballad of Sir DinadanThe Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart KnightThe Lioness and her KnightThe Quest of the Fair Unknown • ''Squire's Quest'' • The Legend of the KingThe Adventures of Sir Givret the ShortThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great • By Molly Cochran and Warren MurphyThe Forever KingThe Broken SwordThe Third MagicThe Coming of the King: The First Book of Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1988) • Stones of Power by David GemmellGhost King (1988) • Last Sword of Power (1988) • AnonymousKing Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Illustrated Junior Library, Deluxe edition, September 1, 1950) • To the Chapel Perilous Naomi Mitchison (1955) • Artorius by John Heath-Stubbs • ''Quirinius, Britannia's Last Roman'' by Erik Hildinger (2021) • Our Man in Camelot by Anthony Price (1975) (The sixth book in the Dr. David Audley series uses the Arthur myth as a MacGuffin in a modern spy thriller.) • By Parke GodwinFirelord (1980) • Beloved Exile (1984) • The Last Rainbow (1985) • The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick (re-published UK 2007 & USA 2009) • Book One: The Kingmaking (1994) • Book Two: ''Pendragon's Banner'' (1995) • Book Three: Shadow of the King (1997) • The Tales of Arthur, books of The Keltiad, by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison • ''The Hawk's Grey Feather'' (1991) • The Oak Above the Kings (1994) • The Hedge of Mist (1996) • A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles) by Jack WhyteThe Sky Stone (1992) • The Singing Sword (1993) • ''The Eagles' Brood'' (1994) • The Saxon Shore (1998) • ''The Sorcerer Part 1: The Fort at River's Bend'' (1997) • The Sorcerer Part 2: The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis (1999) • Uther (2001) • Clothar the Frank (titled The Lance Thrower outside of Canada) (2004) • The Eagle (2006) • The Lost Years of Merlin Epic, by T.A. BarronThe Lost Years of Merlin (1996) • The Seven Songs of Merlin (1997) • The Fires of Merlin (1998) • The Mirror of Merlin (1999) • The Wings of Merlin (2000) • Albion, a trilogy of historical novels by British author Patrick McCormack (1997, 2000, 2007) • The King Awakes and The Empty Throne by Janice Elliott, set in a Medieval-style society several generations after a nuclear war. Both novels deal with the return of King Arthur and his friendship with a youth from the post-holocaust world • ''Merlin's Bones'' by Fred SaberhagenThe Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann KarrEagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem; the coming of Arthur is foreseen by the chief of Segontium in the last page of the book • The Winter Prince by Elizabeth WeinThe Dragon Lord by David Drake • ''Merlin's Mirror'' (1975) by Andre NortonThe Return of Merlin (1995) by Deepak ChopraGuinevere series (1996), by Sharan Newman. • Black Horses for the King (1996) by Anne McCaffrey. • Camelot 3000, a comic book series that reincarnates Arthur and his knights in the far future • The Dark Is Rising, a series written for older children and young adults, by Susan CooperThe Fionavar Tapestry, a fantasy trilogy by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay • The Merlin Mystery, A puzzlehunt book which focused heavily on Merlin and Nimue having a love after Arthur has been entombed; it offered a cash prize as well as a gold, silver, bronze and crystal wand. However, the puzzle went unsolved and the prize unclaimed. • The Down the Long Wind series by Gillian Bradshaw (1980–82) • Hawk of MayKingdom of Summer • ''In Winter's Shadow'' • The Little Wench by Philip LindsayMerlin (1978) by Robert Nye • ''A Lady of King Arthur's Court'' (1907) by Sara Hawks SterlingMonty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) by Monty Python French • ''L'Enchanteur'' (1984) by René Barjavel GermanThe Children of the Grail (1991) by Peter BerlingDer Rote Ritter (1993) by Adolf Muschg JapaneseKairo-kō (1905) by Natsume Sōseki WelshYmadawiad Arthur (1902) by Thomas Gwynn Jones ==21st century==
21st century
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott mentions many artifacts and characters from Arthurian legend • The Magic Tree House Books (1992–present) by Mary Pope Osbourne, feature Morgan Le Fay as a prominent character in the original series. The later series, entitled The Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions, more prominently included elements from Arthurian Legend. Includes works such as: • Christmas in Camelot (2001) • ''Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve'' (2003) • Summer of the Sea Serpent (2004) • Winter of the Ice Wizard (2004) • Night of the Ninth Dragon (2016) • I am Morgan le Fay (2001) by Nancy Springer • Morgan Is My Name (2023) by Sophie Keetch • Le Fay (2024) by Sophie Keetch • The Merlin Codex by Robert HoldstockCeltika (2001) • The Iron Grail (2002) • The Broken Kings (2007) • Tales of Guinevere series by Alice Borchardt. • Corbenic by Catherine Fisher (2002) • Tristan and Isolde (2002) series by Rosalind MilesSword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen (2003) • The House of Pendragon by Debra A. Kemp • I: The Firebrand (2003) • II: The Recruit (2007) • The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey (2005) • Douglas Clegg: Mordred, Bastard Son (2006) • Fate/Zero by Gen Urobuchi (2006–2007) • Dracula vs. King Arthur by Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno (2007) • Orion and King Arthur by Ben Bova (2011) • Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell (2007) • Camelot Lost by Jessica Bonito (Jessica McHugh) (2008) • Avalon High by Meg CabotThe Sangreal Trilogy by Amanda HemingwaySword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregorKnight of Darkness by Kinley MacGregorHere Lies Arthur by Philip ReeveThe Book of Mordred by Vivian Vande Velde • ''Sons of Avalon, Merlin's Prophecy'' by Dee Marie (2008) • Sarah Zettel's four-part series about the brothers Gawain, Gareth, Agravain, and Geraint: • ''In Camelot's Shadow'' (2004) • ''For Camelot's Honor'' (2005) • ''Under Camelot's Banner'' (2006) • ''Camelot's Blood'' (2008) • ''Merlin's Dragon'' Trilogy by T.A. BarronMerlin Book 6: The Dragon of Avalon; originally issued as ''Merlin's Dragon'' (2008) • ''Merlin Book 7: Doomraga's Revenge'' (2009) • Merlin Book 8: Ultimate Magic (2010) • The Great Tree of Avalon Trilogy • Merlin Book 9: The Great Tree of Avalon; originally issued as Child of the Dark Prophecy (2004) • Merlin Book 10: Shadows on the Stars (2005) • Merlin Book 11: The Eternal Flame (2007) • Gwenhwyfar (2009) by Mercedes Lackey. • By Nakaba SuzukiThe Seven Deadly Sins (2012–2020), a manga loosely based on the Arthurian legend • Four Knights of the Apocalypse (2021–present) • The School for Good and Evil series contains many Arthurian figures, including King Arthur's son as a central character (2013–2020) • The Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien (published 2013, written circa 1920–30s) • The Devices Trilogy by Philip Purser-Hallard, starting with The Pendragon Protocol (2014) • The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015) • Garden of Avalon by Kinoko NasuCamelot Rising trilogy by Kiersten WhiteThe Guinevere Deception (2019) • The Camelot Betrayal (2020) • The Excalibur Curse (2021) • Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke (2020) • Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (2020) • Reflejos de Shalott by Gema Bonnín (2022) • The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (2024) ==Nonfiction==
Nonfiction
• ''Arthur's Britain'' by Leslie Alcock • ''The Quest for Arthur's Britain'' by Geoffrey AsheThe Medieval Quest for Arthur by Robert Rouse and Cory RushtonThe Quest for Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1985) • The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650 John MorrisKing Arthur: The Making of the Legend by Nicholas J. HighamKing Arthur: Myth-Making and History by Nicholas J. HighamThe Development of Arthurian Romance by Roger Sherman LoomisArthurian Literature in the Middle Ages edited by Roger Sherman Loomis ==Depictions in other media==
Depictions in other media
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