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Raymond H. Thompson

Raymond H. Thompson is a Canadian scholar of medieval literature specializing in King Arthur and the Matter of Britain, and in the reinterpretation of this material in modern literature. He is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at Acadia University in Canada.[1]

Thompson completed his Ph.D. in 1969 at the University of Alberta, 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.[2] He was Scholar Guest of Honor at the 20th Annual Mythopoeic Conference in Vancouver, 1989.[3]

  1. ^ "Faculty & Staff". English. Acadia University. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  2. ^ "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" (PDF). University of Alberta. 1969. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  3. ^ Farrell 1989.

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