The Mists of Avalon | The Mists of Avalon

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Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
First Published: 1982
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Fantasy
Time of Work: Perhaps the sixth century
Setting: Britain and the legendary Holy Isle of Avalon
Principal Characters: Morgaine, Viviane, Igraine, Uther Pendragon, Arthur, Gwenhwyfer
Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Arthurian romance
Subjects: Magic or magicians, Mythology or myths, Incest, England or English people, Islands, Christianity, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Gods or goddesses, Middle Ages, Sixth century, Great Britain, Knights or knighthood, Paganism, Celts, Druids and Druidism
Locales: England, Avalon (mythic)

This imaginative retelling of the life and times of Britain’s legendary King Arthur consistently displaces the usual masculine focus on the trials and triumphs of the hero. The battlefield where men play their desperate games of life and death recedes to background information. The focus is on the personal experiences of the women who are ordinarily only peripheral to hero stories. Suddenly, the myth, even though tinged with mystery and magic, seems more real, more grounded in some kind of gritty truth about human nature and the trials of the soul—at least...

The Mists of Avalon | The Mists of Avalon

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