Editing Camelot (section)

== Modern culture ==
Camelot has become a permanent fixture in modern interpretations of the Arthurian legend. The symbolism of Camelot so impressed [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]] that he wrote up a prose sketch on the castle as one of his earliest attempts to treat the legend.<ref>Staines, David (1991). "Alfred, Lord Tennyson". In Norris J. Lacy (Ed.), ''The New Arthurian Encyclopedia'', pp. 446–449. New York: Garland. {{ISBN|0-8240-4377-4}}.</ref> Modern stories typically retain Camelot's lack of precise location and its status as a symbol of the Arthurian world, though they typically transform the castle itself into romantically lavish visions of a [[High Middle Ages]] palace.<ref name="Lacy" /> Some writers of the "realist" strain of modern Arthurian fiction have attempted a more sensible Camelot. Inspired by Alcock's Cadbury-Camelot excavation, some authors such as [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] and [[Mary Stewart (novelist)|Mary Stewart]] place their Camelots in that place and describe it accordingly.<ref name="Cadbury" />

[[File:Tintagel DSC 7491.jpg|thumb|Camelot Castle Hotel featuring a replica of the Winchester Round Table<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Conjuring the Ghosts of Camelot: Tintagel and the Medievalism of Heritage Tourism|url=https://www.academia.edu/29915353|journal=Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture|language=en|access-date=2019-06-27|archive-date=2023-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110013219/https://www.academia.edu/29915353|url-status=live}}</ref> (a view from [[Tintagel Castle]])|alt=]]

Camelot lends its name to the musical ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'', which was adapted into a [[Camelot (film)|film of the same title]], featuring the Castle of [[Coca, Segovia]] as Camelot. An Arthurian television series ''[[Camelot (TV series)|Camelot]]'' was also named after the castle, as were some other works including the video game ''[[Camelot (video game)|Camelot]]'' and the comic book series ''[[Camelot 3000]]''. French television series ''[[Kaamelott]]'' presents a humorous alternative version of the Arthurian legend; [[Camelot Theme Park]] is a now-abandoned Arthurian theme park resort located in the English county of [[Lancashire]]. The [[Camelot Group]] was the first operator of the [[UK National Lottery]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Josie |date=2024-02-01 |title=National Lottery changes hands as Allwyn replaces Camelot as operator |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/national-lottery-changes-hands-as-allwyn-replaces-camelot-as-operator-b1136239.html |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> with lottery machines named after characters, places, and objects in Arthurian legend.<ref name="storry">{{cite book|last1=Storry|first1=Mike|last2=Childs|first2=Peter|title=British Cultural Identities|date=25 November 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781315440583|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oMaVDQAAQBAJ&q=camelot%20lottery%20king%20arthur&pg=PT36|access-date=11 January 2017|language=en|archive-date=10 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110013219/https://books.google.com/books?id=oMaVDQAAQBAJ&q=camelot%20lottery%20king%20arthur&pg=PT36#v=snippet&q=camelot%20lottery%20king%20arthur&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

In American contexts, [[Camelot era]] refers to the [[Presidency of John F. Kennedy|presidency]] of [[John F. Kennedy]]. In a 1963 ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' interview, [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline]], his widow, referenced a line from the Lerner and Loewe musical to describe the Kennedy era [[White House]]: "Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot." She indicated that it was one of Kennedy's favourite lyrics from the musical and added, "there'll be great Presidents again [...] but there'll never be another Camelot again."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1IEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA159|title=For President Kennedy|author=[[Theodore H. White]]|magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]]|date=December 6, 1963|access-date=January 31, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110013218/https://books.google.com/books?id=T1IEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA159#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

The cultural impact of Camelot in Anglo-American culture can be understood in the numerous applications in ‘high’ and ‘popular’ culture by artists, filmmakers, public relations specialists, tableware and game makers, youth groups, stamp designers. The 2024 exhibit, [https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/exhibits/show/visualizing%20camelot/welcome Visualizing Camelot], at the University of Rochester Libraries offered an impressive cross-section of these applications.<ref>See the review of the catalogue for the exhibit, ''Visualizing Camelot'', by Richard Utz, for [https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/visualizing-camelot-how-king-arthur-captured-popular-culture/ medievalists.net] on 12/8/2024</ref>