1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452054003321

Autore

Larrington Carolyne

Titolo

King Arthur's enchantresses : Morgan and her sisters in Arthurian tradition / / by Carolyne Larrington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014

ISBN

0-7556-0000-2

0-7556-9497-X

0-85771-406-6

600-00-0899-6

1-4294-5368-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

398.352

820.9351

Soggetti

Arthurian romances - History and criticism

Legends - Great Britain

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Magic in literature

Morgan le Fay (Legendary character) - History and criticism

Women in literature

Women - Mythology

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Magic and the Enchantress; 2. Morgan and Arthur; 3. Morgan and Chivalry; 4. Morgan, Other Knights and Enchantresses; 5. Viviane, the Damoiselle Cacheresse and the Lady of the Lake; 6. The Queen of Orkney; 7. Vivien and the Victorians; 8. Morgan, Morgause, and the Modern Age; Notes; Bibliography; List of Pictures and Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"King Arthur: the very name summons visions of courtly chivalry and towering castles, of windswept battlefields and heroic quests, and above all of the charismatic 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, the spellcasters and mistresses of magic who wield extraordinary influence over Arthur's life and destiny, bestriding the Camelot mythology with a dark and brooding presence. Carolyne Larrington brings these dangerous women vibrantly to life. Here is Morgan-le-Fay, a complex sorceress of great cunning and skill, immortalised by Helen Mirren's Morgana in John Boorman's film "Excalibur". Here too are the mystical Lady of the Lake; the beguiling Viviane, Merlin's deadly nemesis; and Morgause, Queen of Orkney, mother to Mordred, Arthur's incestuously-conceived son and his bitterest foe. Echoing the search for the Grail by the knights of the Round Table, Larrington takes her readers on an intriguing quest of her own - to discover why Arthurian enchantresses continue to bewitch us. Her journey takes in the enchantresses as they appear in poetry and painting, in politics and the theatre, on the Internet and TV, in high culture and popular culture. Whether they be chaste or depraved, necrophiliacs or virgins, benevolent or filled with hatred, the enchantresses represent a strain of femininity which continually challenges male chivalric values from within. These women are survivors. They outlive the collapse of Camelot and all it stands for. And it is as archetypal manifestations of the feared, uncontainable Other that they continue to inspire admiration, fright and fascination in equal measure. King Arthur's Enchantresses makes a unique contribution to contemporary writing on the Arthurian myths. It will intrigue and delight anyone with an interest in mythology, religion, cultural history and medieval literature."--Bloomsbury Publishing.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910214951003321

Autore

Baubérot Jean

Titolo

Laïcité, laïcités : Reconfigurations et nouveaux défis (Afrique, Amériques, Europe, Japon, Pays arabes) / / Jean Baubérot, Micheline Milot, Philippe Portier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme, 2016

ISBN

2-7351-2001-5

2-7351-2028-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BenhadjoudjaLeila

BlancarteRoberto J

DatéKiyonobu

Dayan-HerzbrunSonia

Delmas-MartyMireille

DozonJean-Pierre

DucomteJean-Michel

GalandPierre

LabidiLilia

LiogierRaphaël

MallimaciFortunato

MartinJean-Paul

MichelPatrick

MilotMicheline

PortierPhilippe

SarisAnne

TournemirePierre

WieviorkaMichel

WillaimeJean-Paul

ZuberValentine

BaubérotJean

Soggetti

Religion

Political Science

laïcité

liberté de conscience

pluralisme religieux

sécularisation

catholicisme

droits de l’homme



droit des femmes

féminisme musulman

globalisation

libertés publiques

droit

ordre public

Afrique

Tunisie

Amériques

Canada

Québec

Mexique

Argentine

Europe

France

Belgique

Japon

pays arabes

Printemps arabes

islam

christianisme

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Depuis le tournant du XXIe siècle, des événements importants ont confirmé la place centrale de la laïcité dans le débat social et politique de nombreux pays relevant d’aires culturelles diverses. Au plan social, les questionnements sur la place du religieux dans l’espace public ont pris de l’ampleur, aussi bien en Europe que dans les Amériques et les pays arabes. Les différents régimes juridiques établissent de nouvelles dispositions. Certaines portent sur les signes religieux, d’autres concernent le corps, le genre, la sexualité, la vie.  Cet ouvrage, s’appuyant sur des études et des recherches nouvelles, entend établir un bilan approfondi de différentes situations nationales (pays européens, africains, arabes, américains et Japon) avec trois objectifs principaux : d’abord, étudier comment les pouvoirs politiques assurent la liberté de conscience ; ensuite, analyser comment s’opère le rapport entre le droit positif et la norme religieuse ; enfin, approfondir la question des modes de gestion du religieux.  Dans chaque pays, les dynamiques sociales et culturelles internes croisent les influences internationales du processus de globalisation, dont l’ouvrage rend également compte.