| Description |
xvii, 214 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Arthurian studies,
0261-9814 ;
72
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Arthurian studies ; 72.
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| Note |
Includes one fold-out table titled Analysis of Grail scenes. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Includes filmography: pages 185-206. |
| Summary |
"Exploring French, Dutch, Norse, German and English texts, literary scholars and art historians discuss medieval quest themes, especially but not exclusively the quest for the Holy Grail. A number of the essays trace the relationship, often negative, between Arthurian chivalry and the Grail ethos. Whereas most of the contributors reflect on the popularity of the Grail quest, several examine the comparative rarity of the Grail in certain literatures and define the elaboration of quest motifs severed from the Grail material"--Publisher description. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Arthur and / or the Grail / Norris J. Lacy -- Shape of the Grail in medieval art / Martine Meuwese -- Crusader's Grail / Antonio L. Furtado -- Bounds of imagination : Grail questing and chivalric colonizing in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival / Will Hasty -- Land without the Grail : a note on Occitania, Rigaut de Barbezieux and literary history / Richard Trachsler -- Female desire and the quest in Icelandic legend of Tristram and Ísodd / Marianne E. Kalinke -- Questing in the Middle Dutch Lancelot compilation / David F. Johnson -- Keeping company : manuscript contexts for reading Arthurian quest narratives / Caroline D. Eckhardt -- Grail and quest in the medieval English world of Arthur / Phillip Boardman -- Malory and the Grail : the importance of detail / P.J.C. Field -- Glastonbury, the Grail-bearer and the sixteenth-century antiquaries / James P. Carley -- Grail quest : where next? / Richard Barber -- Appendix : Grail on film / Kevin J. Harty. |
| Subject |
Grail -- Legends -- History and criticism.
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Grail -- Legends. |
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Arthurian romances -- History and criticism.
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Arthurian romances. |
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Quests (Expeditions) in literature.
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Quests (Expeditions) in literature. |
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Chivalry in literature.
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Chivalry in literature. |
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Grail in motion pictures.
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Grail in motion pictures. |
| Added Author |
Lacy, Norris J.
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| ISBN |
9781843841708 hardback |
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1843841703 hardback |
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