| When novelist Stephen Lawhead decided to undertake the task of retelling the Arthurian legends, he researched pre-Dark Age Britain and all of its King Arthur tales. He sought to step back and take a broader look at the way Arthur's story has been told, and recover some of the themes that had been lost (especially those that were Christian). He states that his King Arthur is not symbolically messianic, but he and other characters, such as Merlin, embody characteristics of redemption which point to Christ. He also comments that Merlin was one of the toughest characters to write about, since he is almost always "on-stage" and almost completely good. Lawhead briefly describes some of the main themes of two of his novels, Pendragon and Grail, and closes with a reading of part of the tale. |
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