The sister of King Arthur goes by many names: sorceress, kingmaker, death-wielder, mother, lover, goddess. The Myth of Morgan la Fey reveals her true identity through a comprehensive investigation of the famed enchantress' evolution - or devolution - over the past millennium and its implications for gender relations today.

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Kristina Pérez is Visiting Assistant Professor, Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong.

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Introduction Final Girl: The Once and Future Goddess 1. How to Handle a Woman: Perversion or Psychosis? 2. Courtly Masochism 3. Monstrous Mothers: Morgan la Fey and Mélusine 4. Divine Mothers: Morgan, the Dame du Lac, and the Virgin Mary 5. What do Women Want? Gawain and Freud 6. Fals lustes : Malory's Mistresses 7. Follow Me: Beguiling the Victorians 8. If Ever I Would Leave You: Morgan in the Modern Era