The Grail : From Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol /

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"The medieval legend of the Grail, a tale about the search for supreme mystical experience, has never ceased to intrigue writers and scholars by its wildly variegated forms: the settings have ranged from Britain to the Punjab to the Temple of Zeus at Dodona; the Grail itself has been described...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Loomis, Roger Sherman, 1887-1966 (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Graal (volkskunde)
Literatur
Gral
Artusepik
Mythology, Celtic.
Grail > Legends.
Grail.
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval.
Arthurian romances.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Graal > Legendes.
Mythologie celtique.
Cycle d'Arthur > Histoire et critique.
Graal > Legendes > Histoire et critique.
Arthurian romances > History and criticism.
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval, 500-1500.
Grail > Legends > History and criticism.
Legendes.
Legends.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The chief romance of the Grail: a preview
  • The origins and growth of Arthurian romance
  • Celtic myths, their mutation and combinations
  • The first Grail story, the Conte del Graal of Chretien de Troyes
  • The Grail bearer, the question test, and the Fisher King
  • The first sequel to the Conte del Graal: the Corpse on the bier and the broken sword
  • Irish Echtrai: the waste land and the bleeding lance
  • Manessier's sequel and Peredur: the mission of revenge
  • Perlesvaus: Welsh talismans and a Welsh Elysium
  • Sone de Nansai and the Mabinogi of Branwen
  • The prose Lancelot: combat and scandal in the castle of King Pelles
  • The Queste del Saint Graal: Celtic story-patterns in Cistercian allegory
  • Parzival, the spiritual biography of a knight
  • Joseph of Arimathea, an evangelist by error
  • Glastonbury, school of forgery and Isle of Avalon
  • The end of the quest.

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