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Old 11-30-2011, 09:55 AM   #249
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Default Re: 'Imperial Culture' (non-canonista)

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Originally Posted by Astromancer View Post
Look for the book Arthurian Propaganda (I'll have to check for the author's name there may be more than one book of that title). The author's thesis is that Mallory was shaping the tragic fate of Arthur in terms of his failure to keep his seperate roles (his two bodies) properly seperate. That, by failing to understand the nature of kingship, Arthur destroys his own kingdom in spite of his virtue and heroism.

It should be an interesting read for you.

It was this post, Jason. My thinking went like so:

Scholarly text on Mallory's book-----La Morte D'Arthur---- Pendragon RPG-----Generational play
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