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Idylls of the King, published between 1859 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892; Poet Laureate from 1850) which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him, and the rise and fall of Arthur's kingdom.
Idylls of the King: Seeks aid from Arthur to rescue her sister Lyonesse, Arthur sends an incognito Gareth, who she berates until he proves his worth Lyonesse: Le Morte d'Arthur, c. 1470 Idylls of the King: Entrapped sister of Lynette, rescued by Gareth, whom she eventually marries Llamrei: Culhwch and Olwen, 11th century Culhwch and Olwen, 11th ...
Enid in the Idylls of the King (1913), illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. Enide (Welsh: Enid) is a character in Arthurian romance. [1] She is married to Erec in Chrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide, [2] and to Geraint in the Welsh romance of Geraint and Enid analogous to Chrétien's version.
Pelleas also appears as a minor character at other points in both of these works. He is active fighting in tournaments and defending Guinevere from her abductor Maleagant as one of the Queen's Knights. In Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Pelleas is knighted by Arthur at a young age. As a young knight, he deeply loves the maiden named Ettarre who ...
1922 illustration by N. C. Wyeth: "King Mark slew the noble knight Sir Tristram as he sat harping before his lady la Belle Isolde." In the Prose Tristan, Mark is the son of king Felix and his character deteriorates from a sympathetic cuckold to a villain; he rapes his niece and murders her when she produces his son, Meraugis. Mark also murders ...
Dagonet / ˈ d æ ɡ ə n ɛ t, d æ ɡ ə ˈ n ɛ t / (also known as Daguenet, Daguenes, Daguenez, Danguenes, and other spellings) is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.His depictions and characterisations variously portray a foolish and cowardly knight, a violently deranged madman, to the now-iconic image of King Arthur's beloved court jester.
His name was used, spelled as Taliessin, in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King. He is a character in Thomas Love Peacock's satirical romantic 1829 novel The Misfortunes of Elphin where he is discovered as a baby floating in a coracle by Elphin (Elfin) who
King Rience / ˈ r aɪ. ɛ n s /, also spelt Ryence, Ryons, and Rion(s), is a character from Arthurian legend, an enemy of King Arthur in the early years of his reign. His realm varies; in Thomas Malory 's Le Morte d'Arthur , he is king of North Wales , Ireland and "many isles".