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Anne Eliot Crompton (1930–2011)

Author of Merlin's Harp

21+ Works 601 Members 17 Reviews 1 Favorited

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Works by Anne Eliot Crompton

Merlin's Harp (1995) 282 copies
Gawain and Lady Green (1997) 77 copies
Percival's Angel (1999) 70 copies
The SNOW PONY (1991) 49 copies
The Rain-Cloud Pony (1977) 25 copies
The Rainbow Pony (1995) 17 copies
The Wildflower Pony (1996) 15 copies
A Woman's Place (1978) 12 copies
The Ice Trail (1980) 11 copies
The Sorcerer (1982) 6 copies
JOHNNY'S TRAIL (1986) 6 copies
The Lifting Stone (1978) 5 copies
Queen of Swords (1980) 3 copies
Warrior Wives (1982) 2 copies

Associated Works

Camelot: A Collection of Original Arthurian Stories (1995) — Contributor — 91 copies
Herds of Thunder, Manes of Gold (1989) — Contributor — 40 copies
Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories (1988) — Contributor — 32 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1930-04-06
Date of death
2011-05-22
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Places of residence
Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA
Occupations
children's book author
painter
fantasy novel author
Short biography
Anne Eliot Crompton grew up in a college town in the 1940s, a time when women’s roles in myth were less acknowledged than today. When she married and moved to the country to raise children and animals, she realized how much "heavy lifting" had been done by women throughout human history. Part of her life’s work was to shine light on their immense contribution to the human story. Many of her works are interpretations of Arthurian legend.

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Good first page. Good tussle with conscience. Otherwise just okay.
 
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2wonderY | Feb 11, 2024 |
This was an interesting take on the Arthurian mythos with Gawain and the Green Knight and various Green Man allegories along with the clash of Paganism and Christianity and different traditions across Britain. It felt a little too self-aware.
I see what the author was trying for but it just didn't have either a mythic or realistic feel to it for me.
½
 
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wyvernfriend | Mar 28, 2023 |
 
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lcslibrarian | Aug 13, 2020 |
This is a strange book with odd shifts in deixis, verb tense, and perspective. It's dream-like in its confusions, and while this works and I enjoyed it, I can't help but imagine what someone with more resources might have done with the ideas. I might read it again, to think about the strangeness (especially odd syntax without a subject), but I can't say why.
 
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