LE CHEVALIER LEGENDAIRE DANS LA VISION DE MARTHE BIBESCO
THE LEGENDARY KNIGHT IN THE VISION OF MARTHE BIBESCO

Summary/Abstract: The destiny of lord Thomson of Cardington is the biography of the man who represented the ideal of masculinity for the Princess Bibesco. The author makes use of different methods that contribute to creating an idealized representation of the hero. Whether she refers to different characters in mythology such as Perseus, Tantalus or Icarus, or different heroes in the universal literature such as Richard the Lion-Heart, the Black Prince or Lancelot du Lac, all of the references used by Marthe Bibesco lead to the central image of the knight, a magnified image created by the author. The present work presents at the same time the construction and the deconstruction of masculinity achieved through the look of a woman.

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