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Belief After the Death of King Arthur: Lev Grossman’s Postsecular Portrayal of Nimue in \u3ci\u3eThe Bright Sword\u3c/i\u3e
No full textThis paper explores Lev Grossman’s 2024 novel The Bright Sword as a postsecular retelling of the Arthurian legend, focusing on the character of Nimue. Unlike previous modern portrayals that align Nimue with pagan traditions in opposition to Christianity, Grossman presents her as both a practitioner of magic and a sincere Christian believer. Through this duality, Nimue embodies the tensions and contradictions of faith in a postmodern age, where belief persists amid doubt, historical trauma, and religious pluralism. Drawing on postsecular theory, the paper situates Grossman’s work within a broader literary tradition that includes Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Mists of Avalon and Bernard Cornwell’s The Winter King, while highlighting Grossman’s unique contribution: a Camelot shaped by broken ideals, spiritual ambiguity, and the enduring hope for renewal. Nimue’s journey reflects a nuanced engagement with faith, magic, and identity, offering a compelling vision of belief that resists both fundamentalism and secular disenchantment
Rogue Community College, by David R. Slayton. Reviewed by Phillip Fitzsimmons.
Full text linkMythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups
February 2025
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Vol. 61, No. 4 - Whole No. 411 (500th Issue)
No full textThank you for reading this special issue commemorating the 500th Mythprint! As Phillip and David explain below, in the long and storied Mythprint history, early volumes did not have whole numbers, which is why we are only on issue #411, while also being on the 500th total
1/25/2025 Colere Quartet - Guest Recital
No full textSaturday, January 25, 2025
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Berrong Music Hall 2:00 p.m
The Book That Wouldn\u27t Burn, by Mark Lawrence. Reviewed by Nancy Martsch
Full text linkMythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups
Welcome and Announcements
Full text linkJoin us for a screening of the Welcome and Announcements video and have a cup of coffee before we get started
