Le Morte d'Arthur, 1860 by James Archer. For review of Simon Armitage's The Death of King Arthur Credit: Photo: Manchester Art Gallery As Armitage drily admits in his introduction, the poet’s ...

“The Winter King” begins with Arthur’s exile from the realm of Dumnonia, which roughly overlaps with present-day Devon and Cornwall in England’s far southwest, because he’d failed to ...

This Arthur was played by Clive Owen in the 2004 film, “King Arthur,” alongside Keira Knightley as Guinevere. Perhaps he’s the mystic — the proto-New Age king who was led to victory by his ...