This story, one of the many medieval period stories in The Oxford and Cambridge
Magazine, is by Edward Burne-Jones. As the title
indicates, the story is set in Northern Europe, and Burne-Jones builds in
references to Norse mythology, ultimately overcome by Christianity in the
story’s closing pages. The story is clearly influenced by Malory’s Morte
d’Arthur, which had captivated Burne-Jones and Morris the year before.
Georgiana Burne-Jones writes, “the book never can have been loved as
it was by those two men. With Edward it became literally a part of
himself” (Memorials 116).
Burne-Jones circulated this story among the other members of the Brotherhood,
as he had his earlier story, “The
Cousins”. It did not
receive as favorable reviews from his friends; Dixon found it “too
fierce (in style) for the matter; and more laboured than ‘The
Cousins’ ” (Memorials 125).
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Scholarly Commentary
Guest Editor: PC Fleming
Introduction
This story, one of the many medieval period stories in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, is by Edward Burne-Jones. As the title indicates, the story is set in Northern Europe, and Burne-Jones builds in references to Norse mythology, ultimately overcome by Christianity in the story’s closing pages. The story is clearly influenced by Malory’s Morte d’Arthur, which had captivated Burne-Jones and Morris the year before. Georgiana Burne-Jones writes, “the book never can have been loved as it was by those two men. With Edward it became literally a part of himself” (Memorials 116).
Burne-Jones circulated this story among the other members of the Brotherhood, as he had his earlier story, “The Cousins”. It did not receive as favorable reviews from his friends; Dixon found it “too fierce (in style) for the matter; and more laboured than ‘The Cousins’ ” (Memorials 125).
Printing History
First printed in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine , February, 1856.