"Flashing into the crystal mirror" : the recurrence of the mirror motif in three Arthurian works

When constructing “The Lady of Shalott”, Tennyson resorts to the medieval atmosphere of King Arthur’s court to set a poem in which the development of the action is dictated by the pervasive force of a mirror. This object, which controls the Lady’s fate, is the one that rules the sense of...

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Main Author: Lara Rallo, Carmen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Alicante 2004-11-01
Series:Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses
Online Access:https://raei.ua.es/article/view/2004-n17-flashing-into-the-crystal-mirror-the-recurrence-of-the-mirror-motif-in-three-arthurian-works