Richard Barber
Born
in The United Kingdom
October 30, 1941
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Henry II: A Prince Among Princes
6 editions
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2015
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The Arthurian Legends: An Illustrated Anthology
17 editions
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published
1979
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Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764
10 editions
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1237
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Myths and Legends of the British Isles
10 editions
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published
1999
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The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief
13 editions
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published
2004
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Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine: A Biography of the Black Prince
12 editions
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published
1978
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Edward III and the Triumph of England: The Battle of Crecy and the Company of the Garter
3 editions
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published
2013
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Legends of Arthur
6 editions
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published
2001
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Henry Plantagenet: A Biography of Henry II of England
14 editions
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1993
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Tournaments: Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages
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17 editions
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1978
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“Heroic poetry tends in its simplest form to be concerned with immediate events and local heroes. A certain length of tradition is required before the epic poem, telling the story of the hero, becomes current. Heroic poetry assumes that the audience knew what the outcome of the battle was, and is concerned with individual feats; the context is of little importance. Epic poems only become attractive as a form when the audience needs to be told who the heroes were.”
― The figure of Arthur
― The figure of Arthur
“Heroic poetry tends in its simplest form to be concerned with immediate events and local heroes. A certain length of tradition is required before the epic poem, telling the story of the hero, becomes current. Heroic poetry assumes that the audience knew what the outcome of the battle was, and is concerned with individual feats; the context if of little importance. Epic poems only become attractive as a form when the audience needs to be told who the heroes were.”
― The figure of Arthur
― The figure of Arthur
“I am the father that killed his son, the fine green branch; there is no hand or shelter to help me.
I am a raven that has no home; I am a boat going from wave to wave; I am a ship that has lost its rudder; I am the apple left on the tree; it is little I thought of falling from it; grief and sorrow will be with me from this time.”
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I am a raven that has no home; I am a boat going from wave to wave; I am a ship that has lost its rudder; I am the apple left on the tree; it is little I thought of falling from it; grief and sorrow will be with me from this time.”
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