Morgan le Fay, Shapeshifter

Jill M. Hebert is an assistant professor of English at the University of Saint Mary.

• Introduction: To be a Shapeshifter 1. For the Healing of His Wounds? The Seeds of Ambiguity in Latin Sources 2. Sisters of the Forest: Morgan and Her Analogues in Arthurian Romance 3. Morgan in Malory 4. Morgan's Presence-in-Absence in Renaissance, Romantic, and Victorian Works 5. Imprisoned by Ideology: Modern and Fantasy Portrayals Conclusion: Beyond Limits

"[A] useful reference for students and Morgan enthusiasts for its sheer ability to synthesize so much prior scholarship and provide intertextual readings of a wide range of Arthurian literature . . . Morgan le Fay, Shapeshifter regularly inspired me to want to turn to the texts or delve into the issues and questions Hebert raises. I have no doubt that the book ill spark further investigations into the character of Morgan and her changing status during various eras of Arthurian literature." - Medievally Speaking"Advanced scholars will find this book enlightening for the transhistorical connections it provides, but students new to the study of this enigmatic figure will find Hebert's text invaluable . . . Hebert is committed to an expansive approach that probes boundaries ratherthan creating them, forcing readers to interrogate their deeply entrenched expectations." - Speculum"Hebert's book will have widespread interest, especially for advanced undergraduates and graduate students majoring in literature aand/or women's studies, art history, and media studies. It will serve as a resource for Hebert's analysis and judgments regarding various works and also as a model of one scholarly way to examine a magnetic character - Morgan le Fay - over several centuries of primary works and through various historical, philological, and myth-centered approaches as well as various genres." - Sue Ellen Holbrook, Professor of English, Southern Connecticut State University