Arthurian Illustration after 1920 in England and America
Abstract
Tennyson’s Idylls, so popular a subject of illustration in the Victorian era, have not been the subject of much illustration in the last hundred years – though a number of illustrated editions of ‘The Lady of Shalott’ have appeared in that period. Nevertheless, illustrations of the Idylls influenced a spate of illustrated editions, retellings or adaptations of Malory’s Morte , the book that inspired most of the Arthurian illustrations in the last century, and of other major works, especially of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight .
Fields of Study & Subjects
Medieval Literature and History
Visual Culture and Art Theory
Libraries
Manuscripts
and Books
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 418–434
- Publication date
- 12 January 2026
- Document type
- Book chapter