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- Title
Hybrid Identity and the Morte Darthur's Lady of the Lake.
- Authors
Myers, Maggie Rebecca
- Abstract
This article examines Nynive, the second Lady of the Lake, in Malory's Morte Darthur. It reads her in a hybrid context, arguing that her hybridity allows her to occupy a unique position within the Morte. This position goes beyond her roles in the Vulgate and situates her as a defender of Arthur's court and a dispenser of justice within it. In turn, understanding Nynive's hybridity allows us to understand how she finds and claims power in the Morte through assisting the court, upholding it from a positionality that is unique to her.
- Subjects
DARTHUR, Morte; CULTURAL fusion; BYNUM, Caroline Walker; LITERARY characters; NARRATIVES; CHIVALRY
- Publication
Journal of the International Arthurian Society, 2020, Vol 8, Issue 1, p128
- ISSN
2196-9353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/jias-2020-0007