Arthurian WomenThelma S. Fenster Featuring three original and 14 classic essays, this volume examines literary representations of women in Arthuriana and how women artists have viewed them. The essays discuss the female characters in Arthurian legend, medieval and modern readers of the legend, modern critics and the modern women writers who have recast the Arthurian inheritance, and finally women visual artists who have used the material of the Arthurian story. All the essays concentrate interpretation on a female creator and the work. This collection contains a useful bibliography of material devoted to female characters in Arthurian literature. |
Contents
SERIES EDITORS PREFACE | xi |
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
STORY GENDER AND CULTURE | xlvi |
ANOTHER LOOK | liv |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | lxv |
LOVE HONOR AND THE EXCHANGE OF WOMEN | 3 |
THE FEMININE SUBTEXT | 97 |
FAIRY GODMOTHERS AND FAIRY LOVERS | 135 |
NYMUE THE CHIEF LADY OF THE LAKE | 171 |
A NEW INTERPRETATION | 205 |
IN DEFENSE OF GUENEVERE | 229 |
JULIA MARGARET CAMERONS PHOTOGRAPHIC | 247 |
FOUR MODERN | 263 |
KEATS TENNYSON | 287 |
THE FIGURE OF GUENEVERE IN MODERN DRAMA | 307 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Arthurian Women Volume 3 of Arthurian characters and themes Volume 1499 of Garland reference library of the humanities |
| Editor | Thelma S. Fenster |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0415928893, 9780415928892 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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