The Flight of Guinevere and Other Poems
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McCloskey, George V. A. 'The Flight of Guinevere.' In The Flight of Guinevere and Other Poems. New York: Authors & Publishers Corporation, 1921.
In 'The Flight of Guinevere,' George V. A. McCloskey (1883-1933) constructs a triptych in which Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot all speak of their love. Arthur finds the death of love 'bitterer than all other death'; Guinevere declares that she saw a 'new world of freedom' in her love for Lancelot; and Lancelot tells how love banished guilt and fear, and hopes that death will 'unite whom life divides.' A promotional flier for this volume says that 'The Flight of Guinevere' is a poem which 'lays bare the hearts of that triad of lovers whose story has touched the ages and has sealed with tragic sorrow the glory of Arthurian romance.'