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- Title
The Other Cornwall Girl: Morgause in Twentieth-Century English Literature.
- Authors
Hildebrand, Kristina
- Abstract
Morgause is an understudied character in Arthurian scholarship. In Malory, she is relatively positively presented as a queen, as a mother of knights and as a sexually active woman; she is always seen from these perspectives, which define her as a character. In modern portrayals, there is no novel with Morgause as a main character, but she appears frequently as a secondary one. The focus is on her sexuality, which is sometimes contrasted against Morgaine le Fay's. Morgause's sexual independence is frequently condemned and used to depict her as a negative character, or even the villain of the piece.
- Subjects
WOMEN'S sexual behavior; LITERARY characters; 20TH century English literature; MALORY, Thomas, Sir, 15th century; 20TH century fiction; LE Fay, Morgaine
- Publication
Journal of the International Arthurian Society, 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
2196-9353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/jias-2018-0003