Author : Eugene J. Weinraub
Publisher : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Romance Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780807891681
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (916 download)
Book Synopsis Chrétien's Jewish Grail by : Eugene J. Weinraub
Download or read book Chrétien's Jewish Grail written by Eugene J. Weinraub and published by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Romance Studies. This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, after analyzing textual and iconographic descriptions of the medieval Jewish Passover Seder, concludes that Chretien de Troyes's Grail banquet (found in his romance Perceval) portrayed a Sephardic Seder. The author proves by documentary evidence the possibility of Chretien's having been influenced by Sephardic Jewry and structurally reinterprets the Perceval in terms of the Exodus motif.