'Ceaselessly losing our identity': Psychic Rupture in 'King Arthur's Tomb'

This article analyzes violence in two of William Morris' Arthurian poems in terms of Julia Kristeva's theories of psychic violence, especially the linguistic construction of identity and her modernist aesthetics of resistance.

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Published in:Arthuriana (Dallas, Tex.) Tex.), 2017-04, Vol.27 (1), p.28-42
Main Author: KING, REBECCA BRUCH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Avant-garde
Belgian literature
Foreclosure
French literature
Kristeva, Julia (1941- )
Linguistics
Modernity
Poetry
Violence
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Summary:This article analyzes violence in two of William Morris' Arthurian poems in terms of Julia Kristeva's theories of psychic violence, especially the linguistic construction of identity and her modernist aesthetics of resistance.
ISSN:1078-6279
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1934-1539
DOI:10.1353/art.2017.0001