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> The vast cultural impact of Camelot can be seen in numerous works, products, and organisations. [https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/exhibits/show/visualizing_camelot/welcome Visualizing Camelot], a [[University of Rochester]] exhibit by Alan and [[Barbara Tepa Lupack]] offered a cross-section of 350 such items in 2024.<ref>https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/visualizing-camelot-how-king-arthur-captured-popular-culture/</ref>

In strictly 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>