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<blockquote data-quote="nedjer" data-source="post: 5339863" data-attributes="member: 83796"><p>Half of the mystique surrounding Arthur seems to come from his mythical roots. It does seem safe to say that whatever/ whoever the original, much of the 'movie Arthur' draws on ideas/ themes introduced after Gutenburg got printing.</p><p></p><p>Tennyson's Morte d'Arthur and Idylls of the Kings are probably the greatest influence, because it was the first really widely distributed version and hooked into the Victorian's obsession with an idealised antiquity. Donnelly's Atlantis, pre-Raphaelite art, Tennyson, etc . . . all fed a hugely patronising desire to justify imperialism, (and empire-building), as righteous, 'godly' and clearly necessary for producing the 'golden eras' delivered by benign monarchies. Kind of monarchies as 'points of light'.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, to get to the point, the University of Rochester's Camelot Project has a great site about all things Arthurian, <a href="http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/mainmenu.htm" target="_blank">HERE</a>. There's another Camelot Project site out there; populated by material from spangleheads like David Icke - possibly best avoided, though that won't be necessary for long, as they're apparently accurately predicting the end of the world shortly <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nedjer, post: 5339863, member: 83796"] Half of the mystique surrounding Arthur seems to come from his mythical roots. It does seem safe to say that whatever/ whoever the original, much of the 'movie Arthur' draws on ideas/ themes introduced after Gutenburg got printing. Tennyson's Morte d'Arthur and Idylls of the Kings are probably the greatest influence, because it was the first really widely distributed version and hooked into the Victorian's obsession with an idealised antiquity. Donnelly's Atlantis, pre-Raphaelite art, Tennyson, etc . . . all fed a hugely patronising desire to justify imperialism, (and empire-building), as righteous, 'godly' and clearly necessary for producing the 'golden eras' delivered by benign monarchies. Kind of monarchies as 'points of light'. Anyway, to get to the point, the University of Rochester's Camelot Project has a great site about all things Arthurian, [URL="http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/mainmenu.htm"]HERE[/URL]. There's another Camelot Project site out there; populated by material from spangleheads like David Icke - possibly best avoided, though that won't be necessary for long, as they're apparently accurately predicting the end of the world shortly :) [/QUOTE]
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