TY - JOUR
T1 - Blood Ties, Blood Sacrifice, and the Blood Feud in Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur and J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series
AU - Jamison, Carol
PY - 2021/2/3
Y1 - 2021/2/3
N2 - In her Harry Potter novels, Rowling brings to life for young readers themes and motifs that permeate the European medieval romance genre, particularly those in Sir Thomas Malory’s late-fifteenth-century Le Morte D’Arthur . This article illustrates how Rowling engages with and updates medieval themes about the significance of blood, focusing primarily on Harry Potter. Harry, an amalgamated Arthurian knight, epitomizes a new, more tolerant order of chivalry not only through his own mixed blood, but also through his virtuous behavior. Ultimately, Rowling shows, intrinsic worth is not dependent upon bloodline; rather, worth is determined by virtue.
AB - In her Harry Potter novels, Rowling brings to life for young readers themes and motifs that permeate the European medieval romance genre, particularly those in Sir Thomas Malory’s late-fifteenth-century Le Morte D’Arthur . This article illustrates how Rowling engages with and updates medieval themes about the significance of blood, focusing primarily on Harry Potter. Harry, an amalgamated Arthurian knight, epitomizes a new, more tolerant order of chivalry not only through his own mixed blood, but also through his virtuous behavior. Ultimately, Rowling shows, intrinsic worth is not dependent upon bloodline; rather, worth is determined by virtue.
UR - https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/literature-facpubs/168
UR - https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.2020.0041
U2 - 10.1353/chq.2020.0041
DO - 10.1353/chq.2020.0041
M3 - Article
SN - 0885-0429
VL - 45
JO - Children's Literature Association Quarterly
JF - Children's Literature Association Quarterly
ER -