Talk:Elaine of Astolat

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I'm coming back to finish this, electrical storm out so I have to shut down my computer Sherurcij 01:08, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Painting . . .[edit]

The painting "Elaine" captioned "as painted by Waterhouse" is actually "The Lady of Shalott" from 1888 (see: http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/paintings/index.cfm?decade=188 ... also note that the Lady in the painting is very much alive). I don't have a better illustration, but ... thought it should be noted.

Much of the article treats Elaine of Astolat and the Lady of Shalott as the same character. Though the latter was undoubtedly based on the former, I think they should be treated as distinct literary entities. --Trystan 15:33, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

not Malory"s version[edit]

The article currently wrongly attributes a synopsis of the story to Malory. In Malory, Elaine seduces Lancelot by deceit, Galahad is conceived and is later born, which not possible if Elaine dies 10 days after the tournament. It is possible the story on this page has origins in Tennyson not Malory. RichardJ Christie (talk)

Galahad's mother was Elaine of Corbenic. Mannanan51 (talk) 22:51, 24 June 2012 (UTC)mannanan51[reply]

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Tennyson's source[edit]

The section on Tennyson has a rather confusing sentence suggesting that his source for "Lady of Shalott" was the 13th century Mort Artu rather than an Italian source. I suspect Tennyson was working from Malory (speaking as a medievalist, not a Victorianist-- could someone verify this?), who himself got the character of Elaine from the Mort Artu. The sentence on Tennyson's source should be edited to more clearly reflect this.

Lizzybennett (talk) 02:13, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]