From Fingal’s Cave to Camelot

Douglas Gray’s second and last posthumous book, From Fingal’s Cave to Camelot, was edited from his files by Jane Bliss, who worked with him during the last years of his life. It examines the history of Medieval Studies from the earliest days up until 1900. Gray uses The Marriage of Mercury and Philology (the title of his inaugural lecture as Tolkien Professor in 1981) as a theme for exploring the work of many antiquarians and creative writers who were inspired over the centuries, by a love of medieval languages and literature, not only to discover texts but also to create new ones based on medieval themes.

The book is lightly edited: notes, bibliography, and index are added but Gray’s material has not been rewritten or updated.

• Publisher: Independent Publishing Network
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN Paperback: 978-1-83853-783-8
• ISBN Digital (PDF): 978-1-83853-784-5
• Author: Douglas Gray
• Editor: Jane Bliss
• 242 pages

Please direct all book orders or enquiries to jane.bliss@lmh.oxon.org