Morgan le Fay, shapeshifter [electronic resource] / Jill M. Hebert.
This study re-examines the appearances and absences of Morgan le Fay in early medieval through contemporary Arthurian sources, arguing that she illustrates the concerns of each era even as she continually evades and confounds social and gender expectations. Morgan's ambiguous nature transcends...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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| Series: | New Middle Ages.
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| Summary: | This study re-examines the appearances and absences of Morgan le Fay in early medieval through contemporary Arthurian sources, arguing that she illustrates the concerns of each era even as she continually evades and confounds social and gender expectations. Morgan's ambiguous nature transcends archetypes and limited definitions as she challenges traditional ideas of femininity, monstrousness, resistance, identity and social expectations for women and men alike. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781137022653 1137022655 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |