Para quem está a ler o primeiro livro da saga reeditado pela Saída de Emergência

"With her New York Times best-selling novel The Mists of Avalon (1979),

Bradley took the material of Arthurian legend and created an enduring legacy

to both fantasy fiction and feminist spirituality simultaneously. Few novels of

any genre are as widely known among spiritual feminists. The previously villainous

figure of Morgan le Fey becomes Morgaine, priestess of the Goddess of

Avalon and narrator of the story. Arthurian legend is recast as a battle

between Goddess-worshipping Britain and patriarchal Christianity. Additionally,

Morgaine must wrestle with the question of rightful use of power, a

recurring theme in spiritual feminist writing of all types, as well as the definition

of the Goddess, another recurring theme, which various factions define

differently.

By taking the spiritual feminist task of unearthing Goddess history (or

“herstory’) and combining it with one of the major European legends, the

“Matter of Britain,” while personalizing the struggle of feminist versus patriarchal

spiritual values through one heroine’s journey, Bradley created one of

the richest fictional formulations of the issues central to spiritual feminists.

Arthurian legend has long been fertile ground for fantasy writers, but one

could argue that the many permutations of Guinevere’s story, as well as other

feminist renditions of various figures, might not have existed, or at least been

so numerous and varied, had The Mists of Avalon not been written."

Reid, Robin Anne. (2009) Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy (pp. 246-247). Greenwood Press

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