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Guinevere
Guinevere , in Arthurian legend , wife of King Arthur. Her illicit and tragic love for Sir Launcelot , which foreshadowed the downfall of Arthur's kingdom, ends with her retirement to a convent. She also figures in several early romances and Celtic legends, her name appearing in various forms (e.g., Guanhamara, Gvenour, and Gwenhwyfars). In different versions of the Arthurian story her name appears as Guenevere and Guinever.
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'Don't worry, I won't let them rape you': Guinevere's Agency in Jerry Bruckheimer's King Arthur
Magazine article from: Arthuriana; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...production and reception of Knightley's Guinevere in King Arthur, this essay demonstrates...lake, and as they prepare to fight, Guinevere insists on drawing a bow and protecting...are 'a large number of lonely men.' Guinevere's quip is the funniest, and perhaps...
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Guinevere, a Medieval Puzzle. Images of Arthur's Queen in the Medieval Literature of Britain and France.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Guinevere: A Medieval Puzzle. Images of Arthur...Ulrike Bethlehem's exhaustive study of Guinevere processes a wealth of primary and secondary...literature for this book asserts that Guinevere emerges as 'a mirror of past legend...
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Guinevere: On the Eve of Legend.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch; 5/1/2009; 507 words
; Guinevere: On The Eve Of Legend Cheryl Carpinello Outskirts...familiar with the story of King Arthur, his Lady Guinevere, and her Knight Lancelot. What author Cheryl Carpinello has done in "Guinevere: On The Eve Of Legend" is spin a fascinating...
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`Guinevere' Has the Beauty And the Ache of Love
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; "Guinevere" takes your breath away and never lets you have it...s time to move in and get serious. He calls her Guinevere, for reasons of his own. Harper is gone. "Guinevere" is born. So is a romance that will consume her completely...
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Obituary: Dame Guinevere Tilney
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/5/1997; ; 700+ words
; Guinevere Tilney is best known for her time as...Marsh, like to call "me damery". Guinevere was a very apt baptismal name for her...more public work. From an early age, Guinevere determined to she would not be restricted...
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FILM REVIEW: Lolly Polley leads indie film 'Guinevere'
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/19/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Small and slow but rarely plodding, "Guinevere" often strikes just the right note of...into unformed, Protean beings, into a Guinevere. Harper Sloane (Sarah Polley) is about...particular body in which Connie's current Guinevere resides. Guinevere is not corporeal...
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Time is right `Guinevere' captures need of the moment
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; GUINEVERE (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) 1/2 Harper...has been chosen for appropriateness. "Guinevere" is a love story involving a 21-year...college boy. The woman's name is not Guinevere but Harper. He calls all of his women...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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STRONGER GUINEVERE IN 'KING ARTHUR'.(Living)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 7/6/2004; 700+ words
; ...front and center with the lead role of Guinevere in Jerry Bruckheimer's summer action...With the assistance of Merlin and Guinevere, he helps change the lives of the people of Britain. As Guinevere, Knightley plays a warrior princess...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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`GUINEVERE' TAKES FRESH, REALISTIC PEEK AT MAY-DECEMBER COUPLE.(L.A. Life)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/24/1999; 700+ words
; ...decidedly more realistic vein comes ``Guinevere,'' a tough-minded take on the older...putting the moves on a college girl. ``Guinevere'' stars the remarkable young actress...Connie's best days are behind him. ``Guinevere'' marks the directorial debut of writer...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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`Guinevere': feminist spin on age-old tale.(FREETIME)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; 1/3 The romantic drama "Guinevere" puts a post-feminist spin on...30 years her senior. He calls her Guinevere. She's flattered by the pet name...discovers that she's not the first Guinevere. She's at least No. 3, but she...
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Guinevere
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Guinevere Guinevere was the wife of King Arthur, the legendary ruler of Britain. She...destroyed the special fellowship of the Knights of the Round Table. Guinevere was the daughter of King Leodegran of Scotland. Arthur admired the...
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‘Guinevere’
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
‘Guinevere’, one of Tennyson's Idylls of the King , published 1859. It describes Guinevere's growing repentance, her parting with Launcelot, her last meeting with Arthur, and her death as abbess of the nunnery of Almesbury.
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Lancelot
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...time, however, Lancelot's love for Guinevere, the king's wife, leads him to betray...Lancelot also fell in love with Queen Guinevere. chivalry rules and customs of medieval...Lancelot's knightly feats had to do with Guinevere. On one occasion, he rescued her after...
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Idylls of the King
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...Elaine’, and ‘Guinevere’ and constituted, though...Arthur , from his first meeting with Guinevere to the ruin of his kingdom and his death...x2019;. The protagonists are Arthur and Guinevere, Launcelot and Elaine, but the design...
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Launcelot of the Lake, Sir
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...daughter of King Pelles ) and the lover of Guinevere. He is a relatively late development...although the story of his love for Guinevere is the subject of Chrétien...exclusively with the love of Launcelot and Guinevere, presented faithfully as a courtly love...
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