Arthur’s Tale Retold
I recently finished reading The Crystal Cave
. It was not that long ago that I read The Mists of Avalon, and I found the two stories very similar. I know, I know…. it is the same basic story, so of course they are similar. But that’s not what I meant. I was referring to the telling of the story. I would have expected a bit more difference than I found, to be honest. Even though the stories are basically the same, there are so many ways to retell the story, aren’t there?
. It was not that long ago that I read The Mists of Avalon, and I found the two stories very similar. I know, I know…. it is the same basic story, so of course they are similar. But that’s not what I meant. I was referring to the telling of the story. I would have expected a bit more difference than I found, to be honest. Even though the stories are basically the same, there are so many ways to retell the story, aren’t there?
Admittedly, Avalon was from a more self-consciously female perspective than Cave, with the latter work even holding onto some very traditional borderline misogynist thinking. But still, the two stories just seem to have a similar style and approach to telling the events of the tale. But it doesn’t quite have to be put together that way.
For instance, The Once and Future King is a good example of a retelling of the Arthurian legends in a very nicely-put-together new packaging. It is fun to read, and makes you want to keep reading. It even makes you happy that there are subsequent books in the series. It is, at the end of the day, a fun read.
is a good example of a retelling of the Arthurian legends in a very nicely-put-together new packaging. It is fun to read, and makes you want to keep reading. It even makes you happy that there are subsequent books in the series. It is, at the end of the day, a fun read.Which is what I cannot (sadly) say about the other two. (And even worse is Stephen Lawhead’s series, which comes off like reading a textbook.) It is a funny thing. I like Arthurian legend, and I am generally a person who can find something to enjoy in almost any text, but somehow, neither Avalon nor Cave quite work for me. I can’t exactly put a finger on it, but with both books, I was glad when the reading experience was over.
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