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| Author | : Carolyne Larrington |
| Publisher | : I.B. Tauris |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2006-10-17 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
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King Arthur: the very name summons visions of courtly chivalry and towering castles, of windswept battlefields and heroic quests, and above all of the monarch who dies but who one day shall return again. The Arthurian legend lives on as powerfully and enduringly as ever. Yet there is an aspect to this myth which has been neglected, but which is perhaps its most potent part of all. For central to the Arthurian stories are the mysterious, sexually alluring enchantresses, those spellcasters and mistresses of magic who wield extraordinary influence over Arthur's life and destiny, bestriding the Camelot mythology with a dark, brooding presence. Echoing the search for the Grail, Carolyne Larrington takes her readers on a quest of her own - to discover why these dangerous women continue to bewitch us. Her journey takes in the enchantresses as they appear in poetry and painting, on the Internet and TV, in high culture and popular culture. She shows that whether they be chaste or depraved, necrophiliacs or virgins, the Arthurian enchantresses are manifestations of the feared, uncontainable Other, frightening and fascinating in equal measure.
| Author | : Carolyne Larrington |
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| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2006 |
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| ISBN | : 9786000008994 |
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| Author | : Carolyne Larrington |
| Publisher | : Bodleian Library |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Arthurian romances |
| ISBN | : 9781851242641 |
Download Magical Tales Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A faun carrying an umbrella; a hobbit who lives in a hole; a mysterious name - Lyra; an ill-treated schoolboy with a scar and a secret. Children's fantasy books often begin with resonant images. However, they also begin in an author's reading practices. How do children's authors incorporate myths and legends into their work? And how do myths and legends change as a result? In this richly illustrated collection of essays a team of academic experts trace the magical tales from Norse myth, Arthurian legend and medieval literature which have inspired the finest writers for children, including C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Alan Garner. Drawing on collections of manuscripts and rare books in the Bodleian Library, additional chapters put the spotlight on spell books, grimoires and books that do magic, as well as exploring stunning examples of pop-up books, harlequinades and concertina panoramas from the Opie Collection of Children's Literature.Other writers under discussion include children's authors of the Victorian era, such as George MacDonald, Rudyard Kipling and E. Nesbit, and twentieth-century writers Susan Cooper, Diana Wynne Jones and Philip Pullman. Through wide-ranging analysis these essays show how literature and tales from the Middle Ages and earlier still have been reinterpreted for each generation and continue to have a profound impact on writers of fantasy books for children today.
| Author | : Ad Putter |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
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Download Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian Romance Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is an innovative and original exploration of the connections between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the most well-known works of medieval English literature, and the tradition of French Arthurian romance, best-known through the works of Chretien de Troyes two centuries earlier. The book compares Gawain with a wide range of French Arthurian romances, exploring their recurrent structural patterns and motifs, their ethical orientation and the social context in which they were produced. It presents a wealth of new sources and analogues, which reveal and illuminate the Gawain-poet's sophisticated literary and moral understanding of the conventions of Arthurian romance. Throughout, Ad Putter pays close attention to the ways in which the modes of representation in romance are related to social and historical contexts. Focusing on the importance of conscience, courtliness, and self-restraint in Arthurian romance, this book explores the ways in which literati such as Chretien de Troyes and the Gawain-poet adapted chivalric ideals to the changing times.
| Author | : Carolyne Larrington |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2017-12-15 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 0857729349 |
Download The Land of the Green Man Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Beyond its housing estates and identikit high streets there is another Britain. This is the Britain of mist-drenched forests and unpredictable sea-frets: of wraith-like fog banks, druidic mistletoe and peculiar creatures that lurk, half-unseen, in the undergrowth, tantalising and teasing just at the periphery of human vision. How have the remarkably persistent folkloric traditions of the British Isles formed and been formed by the psyches of those who inhabit them? In this sparkling new history, Carolyne Larrington explores the diverse ways in which a myriad of fantastical beings has moulded the nation's cultural history. Fairies, elves and goblins here tread purposefully, sometimes malignly, over an eerie landscape that also conceals brownies, selkies, trows, knockers, boggarts, land-wights, Jack o'Lanterns, Barguests, the sinister Nuckleavee and Black Shuck: terrifying hell-hound of the Norfolk coast with eyes of burning coal. Ranging from Shetland to Jersey and from Ireland to East Anglia, while evoking the Wild Hunt, the ghostly bells of Lyonesse and the dread fenlands haunted by Grendel, this is a book that will captivate all those who long for the wild places: the mountains and chasms where giants lie in wait
| Author | : Mary Hoffman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 67 |
| Release | : 2002-09-01 |
| Genre | : Arthurian romances |
| ISBN | : 9780711220485 |
Download Women of Camelot Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A retelling of the tales surrounding Britain's legendary King Arthur, told from the perspective of eight women. Determined and resourceful, they drive the Camelot story through love, hate, intrigue, enchantment and tragedy as, one by one, their voices come swirling out of the mists of time.
| Author | : Vera Chapman |
| Publisher | : Victor Gollancz |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780575603257 |
Download The Enchantresses Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Arthur's half-sisters, Morgause, Vivian, and Morgan, born into witchcraft, are given to Merlin to educate them in the crafts of healing and magic—and to try to intercede in the future he forsees for Arthur. All three women have their part to play—one to help, one to hinder, and one to destroy.
| Author | : Mary Hoffman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 72 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Arthurian romances |
| ISBN | : 9780864154095 |
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A dramatic retelling of the legend of King Arthur and the tales surrounding him are viewed from the perspective of women. Determined and resourceful they appear in the Camelot story driven by love, hate, intrigue, enchantment and tragedy.
| Author | : Elizabeth Archibald |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 287 |
| Release | : 2009-09-10 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0521860598 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Covers the evolution of the legend over time and analyses the major themes that have emerged.
| Author | : T. H. White |
| Publisher | : DigiCat |
| Total Pages | : 649 |
| Release | : 2022-08-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
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Download The Once and Future King Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
