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Meg Roland
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Former English professor at Marylhurst University for 16 years, then Concordia University. I taught writing, medieval literature, humanities, maps and literature, and history of the book. After five years as a Dean of arts and humanities at Linn-Benton Community College, I am now a writer and an instructor at Willamette University – Pacific Northwest College of Art.
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Recent Posts
- Just out! “Arthurian Literature and the Global Middle Ages” in The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture March 12, 2026
- The Table Round, at Winchester March 10, 2026
- The Once and Future Manuscript March 2, 2026
- Of Cathedral and College March 2, 2026
- “Swere upon a book:” Winchester and the Arthurian legend February 23, 2026
Monthly Archives: February 2026
“Swere upon a book:” Winchester and the Arthurian legend
Hit befelle whan Kyng Arthur had wedded Quene Gwenyvere and fulfyled the rounde Table, and so aftir his marvelous knyghtis and he had venquyshed the most party of his enemyes . . . And held a ryal feeste and Table … Continue reading
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Tagged book-review, books, history, King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur, thoma-malory, travel, Winchester, winchester-cathedral
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“Here in this world, he changed his life:” literary geography and an itinerary
Literary geography—an imaginative, creative, or literary responses to landscape and place. Writing about travel and geography, whether real or imagined, has a long and popular history. Archbishop Sigeric, for example, wrote down his return itinerary from Rome to Canterbury in … Continue reading
King Arthur and the Roman what?
King Arthur’s Roman War campaign? Most people have never heard of it. Almost everyone is familiar with the major plot outlines of the Arthurian story—a birth engendered by lust and magic, the iconic sword-and-the-stone episode, the Knights of the Round … Continue reading
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Tagged books, fantasy, harry-potter, King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur, Meg Roland, once-and-future-king, reading, Rome, Thomas Malory, via-francigena
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Going that way anyway
As the landscape of northern France flies dizzyingly past the train window, I am struck by the thought that somehow I got myself here, against a lot of odds. In the past four years, my part-time faculty position became full time, … Continue reading
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Tagged claudius-ptolemy, geography, medieval-maps, Roman War, Thomas Malory, travel, via-francigena
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A Passionate Geography: Romancing King Arthur’s Roman War 