The Myth of Morgan la Fey
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- Hardback | 262 pages
- 140 x 216 x 20.32mm | 4,532g
- 02 Apr 2014
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Basingstoke, United Kingdom
- English
- 2014 ed.
- XV, 262 p.
- 1137340258
- 9781137340252
- 3,165,490
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Table of contents
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Review Text
"Pérez hits all the right notes in her work on Morgan la Fey and she does so with an irresistibly light touch. She understands the Celtic origins and the French and English versions in which the story has come down to us and she brings to bear on the material a balanced feminist reading plus a rich understanding of the complexity of the character. Pérez has all the scholarly apparatus down and she also visibly loves her material. This is a classic study of a misunderstood woman that offers a unique view of how well the medieval world, that often seems so distant from us, can touch and inform a modern sensibility." - Bill Burgwinkle, Professor of Medieval French and Occitan Literature, University of Cambridge, UK
"This book takes a character everyone has heard of Morgan la Fey and reveals in an accessible and engaging way the unknown secrets of a female sorceress who has bewitched writers for over a millennium." - Michael Scott, Assistant Professor, University of Warwick and host of Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth (BBC4)
"This is a most timely and innovative study of a remarkable literary phenomenon. Pérez has produced a wide-ranging, authoritative, and, most of all, sparklingly fresh study of the figure of Morgan la Fey, one of medieval literature's most intriguing female figures." - Geraldine Parsons, Lecturer of Celtic and Gaelic, University of Glasgow, UK
"With passion and subtlety, Kristina Pérez reveals the power and perennial nature of the myth of Morgan la Fey. She illuminates why Morgan remains - from ancient goddess to medieval enchantress - an important presence in contemporary popular culture. Both the embodiment of different possible femininities as well as various masculine fantasies, Morgan la Fey is a modern figure in the constant process of reinvention. The greatest strength of Pérez's work is simultaneously guiding the reader through Morgan's metamorphoses while ensuring her audience remains cognizant of the significance of each new incarnation." - Christelle Taraud, Professor at the Center for 19th Century History, University of Paris-Sorbonne IV, France
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"Perez hits all the right notes in her work on Morgan la Fey and she does so with an irresistibly light touch. She understands the Celtic origins and the French and English versions in which the story has come down to us and she brings to bear on the material a balanced feminist reading plus a rich understanding of the complexity of the character. Perez has all the scholarly apparatus down and she also visibly loves her material. This is a classic study of a misunderstood woman that offers a unique view of how well the medieval world, that often seems so distant from us, can touch and inform a modern sensibility." - Bill Burgwinkle, Professor of Medieval French and Occitan Literature, University of Cambridge, UK
"This book takes a character everyone has heard of Morgan la Fey and reveals in an accessible and engaging way the unknown secrets of a female sorceress who has bewitched writers for over a millennium." - Michael Scott, Assistant Professor, University of Warwick and host of Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth (BBC4)
"This is a most timely and innovative study of a remarkable literary phenomenon. Perez has produced a wide-ranging, authoritative, and, most of all, sparklingly fresh study of the figure of Morgan la Fey, one of medieval literature's most intriguing female figures." - Geraldine Parsons, Lecturer of Celtic and Gaelic, University of Glasgow, UK
"With passion and subtlety, Kristina Perez reveals the power and perennial nature of the myth of Morgan la Fey. She illuminates why Morgan remains - from ancient goddess to medieval enchantress - an important presence in contemporary popular culture. Both the embodiment of different possible femininities as well as various masculine fantasies, Morgan la Fey is a modern figure in the constant process of reinvention. The greatest strength of Perez's work is simultaneously guiding the reader through Morgan's metamorphoses while ensuring her audience remains cognizant of the significance of each new incarnation." - Christelle Taraud, Professor at the Center for 19th Century History, University of Paris-Sorbonne IV, France
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About K. Pérez
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