Excalibur is not a thing, something you can hold in your hand.
Excalibur is the good in you.
The power to do good, to stand up for what's right, to slay dragons, to capture bank robbers.
You always carry Excalibur in your heart.


Robert Tinnell, Kids of the Round Table (1995)

Monday, September 10, 2012

Lifshitz on Excalibur

A new look at Morgana in Excalibur:

Lifshitz, Felice. “Destructive Dominae: Women and Vengeance in Medievalist Films.” Corporate Medievalism. Ed. Karl Fugelso. Studies in Medievalism 21. Cambridge, Eng.: D. S. Brewer-Boydell & Brewer, 2012. 161-190.

Valdés Miyares on the Grail

New overview of the representations of the Grail on film and television. Looks like essential reading on the subject.

Valdés Miyares, J. Rubén. “The Cinematic Sign of the Grail.” Corporate Medievalism. Ed. Karl Fugelso. Studies in Medievalism 21. Cambridge, Eng.: D. S. Brewer-Boydell & Brewer, 2012. 145-59.