Have a very good holiday break – here are some notes from the 2d half of the semester
Take care, everyone.
Notes
Then and Now, the Big Picture and Economics
As our class draws to a close, I think it is appropriate for us to start considering the high level issues of Arthuriana. In other words, I am going to focus on some large impressions that I have from the course about the general direction Arthurian Lit has taken since it was originally written, this [...]
Did airport lit exist in the Middle Ages?
I’m sure this will be torn up just as all the Mark Twain skepticism was, but I can’t help but feel there’s something decidedly Excaliburish about Mists of Avalon, at least the 530 pages I’ve read so far. My unorganized rambling appears within.
Destiny and Fate so Late…
I’m surprised that Mists of Avalon is the first book that has fate as a part of the story (that I can recall). I’m referring specifically to the first few pages where Igraine is destined to give birth to Arthur with Uther. I always imagined the Arthurian legend being a direct result of destiny or fate. These [...]