Raymond H. Thompson is a Canadian scholar of medieval literature specializing in

King Arthur King Arthur ( cy, Brenin Arthur, kw, Arthur Gernow, br, Roue Arzhur) is a legendary king of Britain, and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In the earliest traditions, Arthur appears as a ...

and the

Matter of Britain The Matter of Britain is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the list of legendary kings of Britain, legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur. It ...

, and in the reinterpretation of this material in modern literature. He is a

professor emeritus ''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...

in the Department of English at

Acadia University Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of the Acadia ...

in Canada. Thompson completed his Ph.D. in 1969 at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherfor ...

, with the dissertation ''Sir Gawain and heroic tradition: a study of the influence of changing heroic ideals upon the reputation of Gawain in the medieval literature of France and Britain''. At that time, he already listed his academic affiliation with Acadia University. He was Scholar Guest of Honor at the 20th Annual Mythopoeic Conference in Vancouver, 1989.

''Pendragon''

Thompson was brought on by

Chaosium Chaosium Inc. is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include '' Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fiction stories of H. P. Lovecraft'', RuneQuest Glorantha'', ''Pendragon'' ...

in 1997 as an editor to select and package their ''

Pendragon Pendragon or ( wlm, pen dreic, ''pen dragon''; composed of Welsh , 'head, chief, top' and / '' dragon'', 'dragon; warrior'; borrowed from the Latin word , plural , 'dragon , br, Penn Aerouant) literally means 'chief dragon' or 'head dragon', bu ...

'' fiction line. However, Chaosium printed only two books before they lost the rights to the line, which

Green Knight Publishing Green Knight Publishing was founded by Peter Corless in 1998. He had acquired the rights to Chaosium's award-winning ''Pendragon RPG, Pendragon'' role-playing game after they defaulted on a loan from Corless with Pendragon as collateral. From 1999 ...

subsequently picked up.

Books

Thompson's books include: *''Gordon R. Dickson: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography'' (G. K. Hall, 1983) *''The Return from Avalon: A Study of the Arthurian Legend in Modern Fiction'' (Greenwood Press, 1985) *''The Arthurian Encyclopedia'' (with Norris J. Lacy, Geoffrey Ashe, Sandra Ness Ihle, and Marianne E. Kalinke, Garland, 1986) *''Merlin: A Casebook'' (with Peter H. Goodrich, Routledge, 2003) *''Gawain: A Casebook'' (with Keith Busby, Routledge, 2006)Reviews of ''Gawain: A Casebook'': * *

References

External links

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