tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211974510426729195.post7154594072374962757..comments2023-11-18T04:12:04.877-06:00Comments on ...from down in Lucky Town: The Betrayal of Arthur and the scent of disdainAlex Bledsoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05805521718331603133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211974510426729195.post-83208680040979647432011-05-11T05:54:50.302-05:002011-05-11T05:54:50.302-05:00Hey, Aarti, thanks for commenting.
I probably ove...Hey, Aarti, thanks for commenting.<br /><br />I probably oversimplified Douglass' argument, but at the same time saying "Arthur is flawed because he is a product of rape" is not entirely wrong, either. She implies that his conception colored everything else that happened to him (in the minds of the people who first wrote down his story), although she puts plenty of blame for his eventual fall on his own conduct. Her point (as I see it) is that his own conduct, while a product of his free will, is also (and contradictorily) inevitable given the circumstances of his conception.Alex Bledsoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805521718331603133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211974510426729195.post-30511953575111975522011-05-10T20:54:00.045-05:002011-05-10T20:54:00.045-05:00Is this the same Sara Douglass who writes those bo...Is this the same Sara Douglass who writes those books about the Greek gods? I might be wrong but I vaguely associate her name with a series of novels revolving around those larger-than-life characters. <br /><br />It's interesting she is so dismissive of newer interpretations of the legend of King Arthur, most of which I find far more interesting than the medieval interpretations because they *do* present Arthur as flawed. However, in this post, it seems to imply that Arthur is flawed because he is a product of rape, whereas more modern authors present him as flawed for other reasons- whether through hubris, fate or whatever else- and perhaps I'm showing myself as being very modern, but I vastly prefer those interpretations.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.com