A collection of books, manuscripts, or objects relating to King Arthur and Arthurian legends.
From Arthurian + '-ana' (a collection of miscellaneous items relating to a person or subject). The term emerged in academic usage to describe archives of Arthurian materials.
The suffix '-ana' is a clever scholarly invention—just add it to any author or subject and you've got a word for 'stuff about that thing.' Libraries and museums use it for everything from Shakespeareana to Lincolniana.
Arthuriana encompasses literature and artifacts from male-dominated medieval tradition. The canonical collection reflects authorial bias toward male knights and their deeds, marginalizing women's narratives and experiences.
When cataloging or studying Arthuriana, explicitly note the gender bias in canonical sources and include modern retellings, scholarly work by women, and reinterpretations that restore female perspectives.
["Arthurian literature (critically examined)","Arthurian scholarship (inclusive)","Arthurian canon and retellings"]
Women scholars and writers (Tennyson's contemporary critics, modern authors like T.H. White's successors) have expanded and reinterpreted Arthuriana to center women's stories and agency.
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