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The Grail : from Celtic myth to Christian symbol / Roger Sherman Loomis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1991Description: xi, 287 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0691020752 (alk. paper)
  • 9780691020754 (alk. paper)
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Contents:
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 Chrétien 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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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PN686.G7L6 1991 1 Available 33710001019368

Originally published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press ; New York : Columbia University Press, c1963.

Includes index.

Gift of Howard Meredith Estate

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 Chrétien 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.