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[[Papers on Arnason & McKillip (WisCon 28)|31 Papers on the Guests of Honour]]: [[Eleanor Arnason]] and [[Patricia McKillip]]

Academic Papers•629• Saturday, 10:00–11:15 a.m.

"The Mother of All Witches: Baba Yaga and Brume in Patricia McKillip's In the Forests of Serre" In this book Patricia McKillip uses the tropes associated with the Russian witch Baba Yaga as qualities that she attributes to her character, Brume. Like Baba Yaga, Brume is a living genus locci for the tropes that attach themselves to the archetype of "the witch in the forest." In both characters, there is a back–and–forth between their status as named figures and their overriding qualities as archetypes. McKillip uses Brume as a synecdoche for the magic of the fairy tale, which remains static from tale to tale, and is reborn anew with each telling.

"Trust & Betrayal in Eleanor Arnason's Ring of Swords" A work–in–progress examination of Ring of Swords. I'm interested in ways that the story is mirrored in what I see as the reader's experience in reading this novel particularly in relation to trust and betrayal which many years ago Arnarson told me was the theme of the book (she probably doesn't remember this).

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