The Arthurian Legend and Imperialism: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Mark Twain and Hollywood
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This essay will discuss the impact the adventurist, imperialistic and expansionist
mindset of this country has had on how the Arthurian legend has been treated by American
writers, such as Mark Twain, and filmmakers. This imperialistic theme is present in some of the earliest versions of
the legends such as Geoffrey of Monmouth‘s Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the
Kings of Britain).
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Arthurian legend, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Mark Twain, Hollywood, imperialism, othering, Middle Ages.