| LC control no. | sh2008000689 |
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| Topical heading | Elaine of Astolat (Legendary character) |
| Variant(s) | Damigella di Scalot (Legendary character) Demoiselle d'Ascalot (Legendary character) Elaine of Ascolat (Legendary character) Elaine the Fair (Legendary character) Elaine the White (Legendary character) Elayne le Blanc (Legendary character) Lady of Shalott (Legendary character) Lily Maid of Astolat (Legendary character) Maid of Ascalot (Legendary character) Maiden of Ascalot (Legendary character) Maiden of Escalot (Legendary character) White Flower of Astolat (Legendary character) |
| See also | Arthurian romances |
| Found in | Work cat.: Sandell, L.A. Song of the sparrow, 2007: p. 55 (Elaine of Ascolat, also afterword, citing Malory and Tennyson) Wikipedia, Mar. 7, 2008 (Elaine of Astolat is a figure in Arthurian legend who dies of her unrequited love for Lancelot; Also referred to as Elaine the White and Elaine the Fair, she is the daughter of Bernard of Astolat. Versions of her story appear in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Elaine's story is also the inspiration for Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott") Lupack, A. Oxford guide to Arthurian lit. and legend, 2005: p. 108 (Maiden of Escalot) p. 152-154 (Elaine, the Lily Maid of Astolat; damigella di Scalot; Elayne le Blanc; White Flower of Astolat) p. 442 (glossary entry: Elaine of Astolat (Lady of Shalott); demoiselle d'Ascalot) p. 481 (index entry: Elaine of Astolat (Maid of Ascalot, Maiden of Ascalot, Lily Maid, The Lady of Shalott)) Encyc. Britannica, c1995: v. 7, p. 133, under Lancelot (Elaine the Fair of Astolat) |
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