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Author:

Barber, Richard W.

Title:

The Holy Grail : imagination and belief / Richard Barber.

Edition:

1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Harvard University,

Copyright Date:

2005, c2004

Description:

xiv, 463 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Grail--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Grail--History and criticism.--History and criticism.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Penguin Books, 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Imagining the grail : Chrétien de Troyes -- Completing the grail : Chrétien continued -- Sanctifying the grail hero : Robert de Boron -- The old law and the new law : The high book of the grail -- Creating the grail hero : the Lancelot-grail -- Visions of angels, versions of men : Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival -- The grail -- The setting of the grail -- Obscure histories, dubious relics -- The eucharist and the grail -- The Holy Grail -- The secrets of the grail -- The grail outside the romances -- 'There is a thing that's called the grâl' -- The adventures of the grail : the later German romances -- The adventures of the grail : the last flowering -- The scholars and the grail -- The revival of the grail -- The grail as mirror -- The grail today -- The question answered? -- Appendices: The major grail romances 1180-1250 ; Visual images relating to the medieval grail stories ; Theological terms used in text ; Use of the term "Holy Grail" in major newspapers, 1978-2002.

ISBN:

9780674018150 (pbk.)
067401815X (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61723804

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)