The Mists of Avalon: An Attempt at a Feminist Retelling of the Arthurian Legends

Mists of Avalon

The Mists of Avalon started out as a novel that was published in 1983 by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and in 2001 it was adapted into a TNT mini-series. I have sadly never read the book, but I did watch the mini-series when I was younger and recently got the opportunity to see it again. As a child I was enchanted by the mini-series, but now as an adult I have some criticisms for what is meant to be a feminist retelling of the Arthurian legends.

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