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Author Larrington, Carolyne.

Title King Arthur's enchantresses : Morgan and her sisters in Arthurian tradition / Carolyne Larrington
Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Magic and the enchantress -- Morgan and Arthur -- Morgan and chivalry -- Morgan, other knights and enchantresses -- Viviane, the Damoiselle Cacheresse and the lady of the lake -- The queen or Orkney -- Vivien and the victorians -- Morgan, Morgause and the modern age
Summary 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, bestrid
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-252) and index
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Subject Arthurian romances -- History and criticism
Magic in literature.
Morgan le Fay (Legendary character) -- Romances -- History and criticism
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Arthurian romances
Magic in literature
Morgan le Fay (Legendary character)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Romances
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781429453684
1429453680
9780857714060
0857714066