medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Hello,
> Medievalists tend to not like fiction based on legends.
But some of us find it amusing entertainment on our spare-time,
or am I wrong here?
> this is because
> many people reading books like Dan Brown's jump to conclusions
> about historic
> facts. Is this his fault? I have an unpublished novel about King
> Arthur which
> is umpublished mostly because people who have read it seem to
> respond with: "Is
> that what really happened?" No! Its fiction. When people do not
> appreciatefiction for what it is, it takes the fun out of it.
>
> --V. K. Inman
Exactly: Fun.
I also think there's more to it, for fictions are always
interpretations - like studies are. So sometimes I do find
some fiction based on medieval this and that almost
too interesting to be "just" fun -!
Greetings from York, -Tom Linkinen
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