Recent Monster Scholarship from Arthuriana

Worth checking out:

Diem, Matthew B. "Chrétien and the Seven Dwarfs: The Portrayal of Dwarf Characters in the Earliest Arthurian Romances." Arthuriana, vol. 32 no. 1, 2022, p. 7-34. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/art.2022.0001.


Thum-O'brien, Robyn. "The King, the Giant, and Time: Temporality in the Encounter at Mont Saint Michel in the Alliterative Morte Arthure." Arthuriana, vol. 32 no. 1, 2022, p. 82-94. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/art.2022.0004.


Walton, Kathryn M. M. "Rewriting a Demon: Merlin's Changing Characterization in Three Versions of Of Arthour and of Merlin." Arthuriana, vol. 32 no. 1, 2022, p. 55-81. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/art.2022.0003.

Jack the Giant Slayer

A final post for the night. The recent film Jack the Giant Slayer offers a fresh take on the traditional story:

Monsters of Quest for Camelot

Sorry for being away so long (again). I'm always thinking about the Monstrous Matter of Britain but, unfortunately, rarely writing much about it. One important text to consider is the 1998 feature film Quest for Camelot. The film, which is essentially a comedy, includes a variety of monsters including griffins, dragons, ogres, and shape-shifted beings.