SOURCE: Hale, Virginia S., and Catherine Barnes Stevenson. “Morris' Medieval Queen: A Paradox Resolved.” Victorian Poetry 30, no. 2 (summer 1992): 171-78.
In the following essay, Hale and Stevenson determine Queen Guenevere's guilt in “Defence of Guenevere,” contending that “Morris created a fully sexual woman who makes no apology for her adulterous love but rather celebrates herself and her status as loyal queen.”
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