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Arthur, King of Time and Space

4/7/09

I ought've mentioned under yesterday's cartoon that, in the Morte (or at least in Keith Baines' "rendition" of the Morte, which is not quite as free of invented details as the author claims in the introduction), Andret gets his paramour to testify that she actually witnessed Tristram's death, at which time he named Andret as his heir. I streamlined things for the sake of the joke. I'd've felt worse about that - badly enough to remember to mention it here yesterday, probably - if the paramour had been given a name, but no. I think yesterday's gag concisely portrays how no one at Mark's court but Isolde seems to care about the news, even if it makes Isolde a stereotypical weepy woman. I looked for any sign of strength that I could latch onto from Isolde in this scene from the Morte the Baines, and there wasn't any, so I can blame the source. Though I suppose even strong characters get weepy when their One True Loves die.

Actually of course Tristram is still hanging out with the goatherds he beat up Dagonet for picking on. When Tristram actually dies it's either at the hands of Mark himself, or because a ship has the wrong color sails (you can't beat the classics).

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Arthuriana sources I use or recommend:
Arthurian Legend
Arthuriana - the Journal of Arthurian Studies; the website of the quarterly journal of the North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society.
The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester.
Camelot In Four Colors: A Survey of the Arthurian Legend in Comics
Mystical-WWW - The Arthurian A2Z knowledge Bank which has encyclopedically-arranged entries on the characters of the Arthurian legends.
Early British Kingdoms - Arthurian Bios.
Historia Ecclesiastica.
Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1 and Volume 2.

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