Gay days in Camelot.Mordred, Bastard Son * Douglas Clegg  The of this article or section may be compromised by "peacock terms".You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms. * Alyson For gay readers who grew up thrilled by the tragedy, romance, and magic of the Camelot legend--yet wondered why nothing in this definitive love story referenced their emerging experience--Douglas Clegg's stunning Mordred, Bastard Son will inspire and refresh. Clegg, the out New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-selling horror and fantasy writer, turns the Round Table upside down in his first fully gay novel. He reimagines traditional villain Mordred, the illegitimate son of King Arthur and Arthur's half sister Morgan le Fay Morgan le Fay (“Morgan the Fairy”) Enchantress in Arthurian legend. Skilled in the arts of healing and changing shape, she ruled Avalon, the island where King Arthur retreated to be healed of his wounds after his last battle. , as a gay man wrongfully exiled and deprived of his rightful heritage; what's more, he's also the lover of Lancelot, the First Knight of Camelot. Mordred is tern between the desire to please his domineering dom·i·neer·ing adj. Tending to domineer; overbearing. dom  i·neer , embittered em·bit·ter tr.v. em·bit·tered, em·bit·ter·ing, em·bit·ters 1. To make bitter in flavor. 2. To arouse bitter feelings in: was embittered by years of unrewarded labor. mother, who is consumed by her hatred for Arthur; his own ambivalent feelings toward his powerful father; and his search for a man te love. Clegg has spun a modern portrayal of sexual awakening, coming out, and being separated from society's mainstream at a very young age. Gay readers will recognize an alternative Arthurian reality here, one that resonates on a personal as well as mythical level. |
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