Literature: King

1. King Arthur

   An opera written in 1691 by John Dryden, with music by Henry Purcell, which has little actual Arthurian content.

   In it, Arthur is in love with the blind Emmeline, daughter of Duke Conon of Cornwall. She is carried off by Oswald, the Saxon King of Kent and Arthur's enemy. While she is held captive, her sight is restored to her by Merlin, and she is eventually rescued when Arthur finally defeats Oswald.

   
   

2. King Arthur and King Cornwall
   King Arthur and the King of Cornwall

   A sixteenth-century English ballad that featured Arthur and the sorcerer King Cornwall.