Author: Emma Jung Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691002378 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 482
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Writing in a clear and readable style, two leading women of the Jungian school of psychology present this legend as a living myth that is profoundly relevant to modern life. 17 illustrations.
Author: Roger Sherman Loomis Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691187193 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 311
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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 as the chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper, a stone with miraculous youth-preserving virtues, a vessel containing a man's head swimming in blood; the Grail has been kept in a castle by a beautiful damsel, seen floating through the air in Arthur's palace, and used as a talisman in the East to distinguish the chaste from the unchaste. In his classic exploration of the obscurities and contradictions in the major versions of this legend, Roger Sherman Loomis shows how the Grail, once a Celtic vessel of plenty, evolved into the Christian Grail with miraculous powers. Loomis bases his argument on historical examples involving the major motifs and characters in the legends, beginning with the Arthurian legend recounted in the 1180 French poem by Chrtien de Troyes. The principal texts fall into two classes: those that relate the adventures of the knights in King Arthur's time and those that account for the Grail's removal from the Holy Land to Britain. Written with verve and wit, Loomis's book builds suspense as he proceeds from one puzzle to the next in revealing the meaning behind the Grail and its legends.
Author: Joseph Goering Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300138202 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 200
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Some fifty years before Chrétien de Troyes wrote what is probably the first and certainly the most influential story of the Holy Grail, images of the Virgin Mary with a simple but radiant bowl (called a “grail” in local dialect) appeared in churches in the Spanish Pyrenees. In this fascinating book, Joseph Goering explores the links between these sacred images and the origins of one of the West’s most enduring legends. While tracing the early history of the grail, Goering looks back to the Pyrenean religious paintings and argues that they were the original inspiration of the grail legend. He explains how storytellers in northern France could have learned of these paintings and how the enigmatic “grail” in the hands of the Virgin came to form the centerpiece of a story about a knight in King Arthur’s court. Part of the allure of the grail, Goering argues, was that neither Chrétien nor his audience knew exactly what it represented or why it was so important. And out of the attempts to answer those questions the literature of the Holy Grail was born.
Author: John Barry Marino Publisher: DS Brewer ISBN: 9781843840220 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 198
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The Grail legends have in modern times been appropriated by a number of different scholarly schools of thought; their approaches are analysed here.
Author: Philip Coppens Publisher: Axis Mundi Books ISBN: 9781846941559 Category : Grail Languages : en Pages : 0
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The legend of the Holy Grail is known throughout the world. Most people however, believe that it is no more than a story that has been greatly exaggerated over time. Servants of the Grail is a groundbreaking book that will change even the most skeptical of minds. Based on years of detailed and painstaking academic research, author Philip Coppens has uncovered evidence proving that that Grail story is based on real-life events and people in a specific timeframe, 1104 to 1137, and in a specific location ¿ the royal court of Aragon in northern Spain, as well as identifying the Grail as a foundation stone rather than a cup or chalice as is commonly believed. The result is a unique and revelatory book that will change our understanding of one of the most widely known myths in human history.
Author: Arthur Edward Waite Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486452794 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 642
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The Grail legend is the centerpiece of Arthurian literature, and this classic work by the renowned scholar Arthur Edward Waite ranks among the most informative and profound books ever written on the subject. While the myths surrounding the Holy Grail are seemingly in harmony with orthodox religion, Waite reveals that beneath their pious surface, they are as subversive as any other form of mysticism — illustrating the symbolic nature of doctrinal teachings, no more intended for literal interpretation than is any fiction. With this informative study, Waite restores the full and true meaning of the knightly quests for honor and adventure as journeys of the soul.
Author: John Matthews Publisher: Thames & Hudson ISBN: 9780500810279 Category : Chalices Languages : en Pages : 96
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Explore a truly astonishing range of interests, philosophies, religions, and cultures -- from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking, and accessible writing to each intriguing subject in these lavishly illustrated, large-format paperback books.
Author: Juliette M Wood Publisher: University of Wales Press ISBN: 0708326269 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 133
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The Holy Grail is one of the most fascinating themes in medieval literature. It was described as the vessel used by Jesus to celebrate the first Eucharist and it became the object of the greatest quest undertaken by King Arthur’s knight. This book examines the traditions attached to the Holy Grail from its first appearance in medieval romance through its transformation into an object of mystical significance in modern literature and film. It is a journey filled with knightly quests, mystics and holy relics, poets and novelists, outlandish speculation and serious thought.
Author: Chrétien (de Troyes) Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd ISBN: 1843844001 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 637
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The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the Grail. It was, however, far too attractive an idea to leave. Not only did it inspire quite separate works; his own unfinished poem was continued and finally completed by no fewer than four other writers. The Complete Story of the Grail is the first ever translation of the whole of the rich and compelling body of tales contained in Chrétien's poem and its four Continuations, which are finally attracting the scholarly attention they deserve. Besides Chrétien's original text, there are the anonymous First Continuation (translated here in its fullest version), the Second Continuation attributed to Wauchier de Denain, and the intriguing Third and Fourth Continuations - probably written simultaneously, with no knowledge of each other's work - by Manessier and Gerbert de Montreuil. Two other poets were drawn to create preludes explaining the background to Chrétien's story, and translated here also are their works: The Elucidation Prologue and Bliocadran. Only in this, The Story of the Grail's complete form, can the reader appreciate the narrative skill and invention of the medieval poets and their surprising responses to Chrétien's theme - not least their crucial focus on the knight as a crusader. Equally, Chrétien's original poem was almost always copied in conjunction withone or more of the Continuations, so this translation represents how most medieval readers would have encountered it. Nigel Bryant's previous translations from Medieval French include Perlesvaus - the High Bookof the Grail, Robert de Boron's trilogy Merlin and the Grail, the Medieval Romance of Alexander, The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel and Perceforest.
Author: Emma Jung
Author: Roger Sherman Loomis
Author: Joseph Goering
Author: John Barry Marino
Author: Philip Coppens
Author: Arthur Edward Waite
Author: John Matthews
Author: Juliette M Wood
Author: Chrétien (de Troyes)
Author: Kaye D. Hennig