A peer reviewed article by Lee Ann Tobin in Extrapolation, a long established journal of science fiction and fantasy studies, checked at its publisher landing page. Its strength is a close reading of how Bradley restructures Arthurian legend around female narrators and a Goddess centered faith set against an advancing Christianity. Its argument, that the novel uses feminist medievalism to recast a patriarchal legend, is cited here as Tobin's own scholarly reading, not the atlas's own.
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Lee Ann Tobin's article in Extrapolation, published by Liverpool University Press, a long established peer reviewed journal of science fiction and fantasy studies, the top tier reflecting standard peer review of a close reading of how Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon restructures Arthurian legend around female narrators. Its argument is cited here as Tobin's own scholarly reading, not the atlas's own settled conclusion. NotesChecked at its publisher landing page (Extrapolation 34, no. 2, 1993, pp. 147 to 157). Tobin reads the novel as feminist medievalism, arguing Bradley gives voice to women marginalized in earlier tellings of the Arthur legend, chiefly Morgaine as a priestess defending a Goddess centered Avalon against Christianity's advance, and situates the novel within a wider revival of interest in Goddess centered spirituality among its readers.
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PublisherExtrapolation, Liverpool University Press
URLhttps://doi.org/10.3828/extr.1993.34.2.147
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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