LEADER 04927oam 22007931 450 001 9911141239903321 005 20190912095643.0 010 $a9780755600007 010 $a0755600002 010 $a9780755694976 010 $a075569497X 010 $a9780857714060 010 $a0857714066 010 $a9786000008994 010 $a6000008996 010 $a9781429453684 010 $a1429453680 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755694976 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467225 035 $a(EBL)676875 035 $a(OCoLC)710975770 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187517 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12055371 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187517 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10136906 035 $a(PQKB)10839853 035 $a(OCoLC)1124397330 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09264355 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC676875 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9780755694976BC 035 $a(Perlego)883676 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09264357 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467225 100 $a20190919d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKing Arthur's enchantresses $eMorgan and her sisters in Arthurian tradition /$fby Carolyne Larrington 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily. 311 08$a9781784530419 311 08$a1784530417 311 08$a9781845111137 311 08$a1845111133 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $a"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. 606 $aIslam and science 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aScience and civilization 606 $aCivilization, Western 615 0$aIslam and science. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aScience and civilization. 615 0$aCivilization, Western. 676 $a398.352 676 $a820.9351 676 $a398.352 700 $aFreely$b John$0639219 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911141239903321 996 $aKing Arthur's enchantresses$94863131 997 $aUNINA