The History of the Holy Grail

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843842246
Total Pages : 352 pages
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Download or read book The History of the Holy Grail written by and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle

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Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859917834
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (178 download)

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Book Synopsis A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle by : Carol Dover

Download or read book A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle written by Carol Dover and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early thirteenth-century French prose Lancelot-Grail Cycle (or Vulgate Cycle) brings together the stories of Arthur with those of the Grail, a conjunction of materials that continues to fascinate the Western imagination today. Representing what is probably the earliest large-scale use of prose for fiction in the West, it also exemplifies the taste for big cyclic compositions that shaped much of European narrative fiction for three centuries. A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle is the first comprehensive volume devoted exclusively to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle and its medieval legacy. The twenty essays in this volume, all by internationally known scholars, locate the work in its social, historical, literary, and manuscript contexts. In addition to addressing critical issues in the five texts that make up the Cycle, the contributors convey to modern readers the appeal that the text must have had for its medieval audiences, and the richness of composition that made it compelling. This volume will become standard reading for scholars, students, and more general readers interested in the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, medieval romance, Malory studies, and the Arthurian legends. Contributors: RICHARD BARBER, EMMANUELE BAUMGARTNER, FANNI BOGDANOW, FRANK BRANDSMA, MATILDA T. BRUCKNER, CAROL J. CHASE, ANNIE COMBES, HELEN COOPER, CAROL R. DOVER, MICHAEL HARNEY, DONALD L. HOFFMAN, DOUGLAS KELLY, ELSPETH KENNEDY, NORRIS J. LACY, ROGER MIDDLETON, HAQUIRA OSAKABE, HANS-HUGO STEINHOFF, ALISON STONES, RICHARD TRACHSLER. CAROL DOVER is associate professor of French and director of undergraduate studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC.

Lancelot-Grail

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843842378
Total Pages : 188 pages
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Book Synopsis Lancelot-Grail by : Norris J. Lacy

Download or read book Lancelot-Grail written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1993 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lancelot's Grail

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Publisher : Lake & Emerald Publications
ISBN 13 : 0989510425
Total Pages : 366 pages
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Book Synopsis Lancelot's Grail by : Richard Gartee

Download or read book Lancelot's Grail written by Richard Gartee and published by Lake & Emerald Publications. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New age teachings on self-awareness and enlightenment are explored in an Arthurian-age story of two siblings' journey to enlightenment after they discover Sir Lancelot living as a hermit and uncover his knowledge of the Holy Grail. Alura and Frith, abandoned at an abbey as children, have grown up in social isolation and are desperate for a new life. Sir Bedivere, desolate over the knights' abandonment of the Round Table after the fall of Camelot, has come up with a plan. Sir Lancelot, abandoned by his once-adoring public, has found enlightenment while living as a hermit. Their lives converge when Frith leads Sir Bedivere to Lancelot’s hermitage. There, they learn that Lancelot has found the Holy Grail – within himself. Bedivere tries, without success, to persuade Lancelot to come help him rebuild the Knights of The Round Table. After Bedivere departs, Frith begs Lancelot to teach him, hoping to become a knight. Soon Alura joins them, hoping to snare herself a husband. Lancelot, torn between a desire to be left alone and an obligation to pass his knowledge on, agrees to teach them, but soon realizes that everyone simply wants to use him. Yet, seeing the spark of awareness growing in Alura and Frith, he persists and leads them on a quest to penetrate the barriers in themselves that keep them from attaining the Grail. Then Alura falls in love with Lancelot and incites an angry mob. Bedivere urges Lancelot to flee, but Lancelot stays, struggling to finish his work with Alura and Frith in the little time he has left. Under Lancelot's tutelage Alura and Frith come of age, but the ideas presented in Lancelot's Grail invite the reader to reconsider what coming of age really means.

The Lancelot-Grail Cycle

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Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292786409
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Book Synopsis The Lancelot-Grail Cycle by : William W. Kibler

Download or read book The Lancelot-Grail Cycle written by William W. Kibler and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed in Old French between about 1220 and 1240, the Lancelot-Grail Cycle is a group of five prose romances centered on the love affair between Lancelot and Guenevere. It consists of an immense central core, the Lancelot Proper, introduced by The History of the Holy Grail and The Story of Merlin and concluded by The Quest for the Holy Grail and The Death of Arthur. This volume brings together thirteen essays by noted scholars from the first symposium ever devoted exclusively to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle. Exploring the cycle's evolution across the literatures of medieval France, Italy, Spain, Catalonia, and England, the authors take a variety of approaches that highlight a broad range of cultural, social, historical, and political concerns and offer a comparative and interdisciplinary vision of this great romance.

Lancelot's Grail

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Publisher : Lake & Emerald Publications
ISBN 13 : 0989510417
Total Pages : 305 pages
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Download or read book Lancelot's Grail written by Richard Gartee and published by Lake & Emerald Publications. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New age teachings on self-awareness and enlightenment are explored in an Arthurian-age story of two siblings' journey to enlightenment after they discover Sir Lancelot living as a hermit and uncover his knowledge of the Holy Grail.

    Alura and Frith, abandoned at an abbey as children, have grown up in social isolation and are desperate for a new life.
    Sir Bedivere, desolate over the knights' abandonment of the Round Table after the fall of Camelot, has come up with a plan.
    Sir Lancelot, abandoned by his once-adoring public, has found enlightenment while living as a hermit.

    Their lives converge when Frith leads Sir Bedivere to Lancelot’s hermitage. There, they learn that Lancelot has found the Holy Grail – within himself. Bedivere tries, without success, to persuade Lancelot to come help him rebuild the Knights of The Round Table. After Bedivere departs, Frith begs Lancelot to teach him, hoping to become a knight. Soon Alura joins them, hoping to snare herself a husband.

    Lancelot, torn between a desire to be left alone and an obligation to pass his knowledge on, agrees to teach them, but soon realizes that everyone simply wants to use him. Yet, seeing the spark of awareness growing in Alura and Frith, he persists and leads them on a quest to penetrate the barriers in themselves that keep them from attaining the Grail.

    Then Alura falls in love with Lancelot and incites an angry mob. Bedivere urges Lancelot to flee, but Lancelot stays, struggling to finish his work with Alura and Frith in the little time he has left.

Under Lancelot’s tutelage Alura and Frith come of age, but the ideas presented in Lancelot’s Grail invite the reader to reconsider what coming of age really means.

Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles Or, The Book of Galehaut Retold

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Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781567923247
Total Pages : 268 pages
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Book Synopsis Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles Or, The Book of Galehaut Retold by : Patricia Terry

Download or read book Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles Or, The Book of Galehaut Retold written by Patricia Terry and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of the passionate, adulterous, tragic love of Lancelot and Guenevere is at once the perfect expression of "courtly love" and its inversion. Lancelot, the superhuman stranger in King Arthur's court, sacrifices everything in service of his king, and yet also falls secretly in love with Arthur's queen, the most beautiful woman in all of Britain. That this spotless knight, who repeatedly saves Arthur and his world from destruction, should also be the fateful underminer of the king's self-confidence and, ultimately, a terrible weapon in the hands of Arthur's great adversary Galehaut, is a contradiction that has fascinated the Western mind for hundreds of years." "The Arthurian legend that most of us know comes from Malory and The Once and Future King. But there are also several books of Old French romance, the most detailed of which, the thirteenth-century "Book of Galehaut," gives a surprising and unfamiliar version. It is a double love story - the tale not only of Lancelot's love for Guenevere, but also the love of Galehaut, the Lord of the Distant Isles, for Lancelot. It is the achievement of Patricia Terry and Samuel N. Rosenberg, both seasoned translators of medieval romance, to tease out from the French sources the essential story of Lancelot, Guenevere, Galehaut, and Arthur, and, without distorting the original, retell it for today's reader. Their rich, subtle, and deeply moving narrative is complemented by evocative wood engravings by Judith Jaidinger, the most distinctive visual interpreter of Arthurian legend since Arthur Rackham and Howard Pyle."--BOOK JACKET.

The Quest of the Holy Grail

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140442205
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Quest of the Holy Grail written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1969-02-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot - the simple Perceval, the thoughtful Bors, the rash Gawain, the weak Lancelot and the saintly Galahad - as they journey through danger and temptation to reach the elusive Holy Grail. But only one of them is judged worthy to see the mysteries within the sacred vessel, and look upon the ineffable. Enfused with tragic grandeur and an aura of mysticism, The Quest is an absorbing and radiant allegory of man's perilous search for divine grace, and had a profound influence on later Arthurian romances and versions of the Grail legend. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. V

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 184384236X
Total Pages : 452 pages
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Book Synopsis Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. V by : Norris J. Lacy

Download or read book Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. V written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parts one and two of Lancelot cover Lancelot s boyhood and his admission to Arthur s court, where he falls immediately in love with Guenevere. The adventures and quests which follow, including his friendship with the tragic Galehaut, take us to the point where he becomes a companion of the Round Table. --Book Jacket.

Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. III

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843842351
Total Pages : 414 pages
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Book Synopsis Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. III by : Norris J. Lacy

Download or read book Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. III written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parts one and two of Lancelot cover Lancelot s boyhood and his admission to Arthur s court, where he falls immediately in love with Guenevere. The adventures and quests which follow, including his friendship with the tragic Galehaut, take us to the point where he becomes a companion of the Round Table. --Book Jacket.

Lancelot-Grail: The death of Arthur

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843842300
Total Pages : 152 pages
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Book Synopsis Lancelot-Grail: The death of Arthur by : Norris J. Lacy

Download or read book Lancelot-Grail: The death of Arthur written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parts one and two of Lancelot cover Lancelot s boyhood and his admission to Arthur s court, where he falls immediately in love with Guenevere. The adventures and quests which follow, including his friendship with the tragic Galehaut, take us to the point where he becomes a companion of the Round Table. --Book Jacket.

Lancelot-Grail: The story of Merlin

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843842343
Total Pages : 512 pages
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Book Synopsis Lancelot-Grail: The story of Merlin by : Norris J. Lacy

Download or read book Lancelot-Grail: The story of Merlin written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parts one and two of Lancelot cover Lancelot s boyhood and his admission to Arthur s court, where he falls immediately in love with Guenevere. The adventures and quests which follow, including his friendship with the tragic Galehaut, take us to the point where he becomes a companion of the Round Table. --Book Jacket.

Lancelot-Grail: The post-Vulgate Quest for the Holy Grail & the post-Vulgate Death of Arthur

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843842335
Total Pages : 438 pages
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Download or read book Lancelot-Grail: The post-Vulgate Quest for the Holy Grail & the post-Vulgate Death of Arthur written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bost-Vulgate Cycle, and is one of the main sources used by Sir Thomas Malory. --

Lancelot-Grail : the old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in translation. Vol. 8. The post-vulgate Merlin continuation

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843842386
Total Pages : 460 pages
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Download or read book Lancelot-Grail : the old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in translation. Vol. 8. The post-vulgate Merlin continuation written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. I

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843842262
Total Pages : 478 pages
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Book Synopsis Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. I by : Norris J. Lacy

Download or read book Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. I written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parts one and two of Lancelot cover Lancelot s boyhood and his admission to Arthur s court, where he falls immediately in love with Guenevere. The adventures and quests which follow, including his friendship with the tragic Galehaut, take us to the point where he becomes a companion of the Round Table. --Book Jacket.

Lancelot of the Lake

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192837936
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Lancelot of the Lake written by and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early 13th century French romance tells of Lancelot's childhood, his arrival at King Arthur's court, and the flowering of his legendary love affair with Queen Guinevere.

The Holy Grail

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141937238
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis The Holy Grail by : Richard Barber

Download or read book The Holy Grail written by Richard Barber and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-12-02 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Holy Grail is an image familiar to us all as an almost unattainable, infinitely desirable goal. The idea has passed into everyday speech and the legends behind it are as current in today's culture as they have ever been. And yet the Grail has no real religious meaning and is nowhere mentioned in the Bible. What is the truth behind this elusive symbol? Here, Barber traces the history of the stories surrounding the Holy Grail. He describes how through a long series of imaginative transformations, the grail has moved from the sphere of romance to religion, and in twentieth century popular culture has become an emblem of mysticism and man's highest aspirations, intimately linked with the central ritual of the Christian faith. The search for the grail has always been described as a quest; in this book, Barber goes on his own quest, brilliantly exploring the richness of the Holy Grail's cultural impact. Barber traces the history of legends surrounding the Holy Grail, from Chretien de Troyes' great romances to the popular bestsellers of the late twentieth century.