The Vitality of the Arthurian Legend: A SymposiumMette Pors Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium organised by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages held at the Odense University on 16-17 November 1987. |
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Page 49
... Grail romances on the other ; the post- Chrétien verse romances and much of the corpus of prose romance , notably the prose Lancelot and the prose Tristan , were relatively neglected . Whilst Bruce's monumental work is fairly ...
... Grail romances on the other ; the post- Chrétien verse romances and much of the corpus of prose romance , notably the prose Lancelot and the prose Tristan , were relatively neglected . Whilst Bruce's monumental work is fairly ...
Page 120
... Grail stories . The Grail is the symbol of , and in the leg- ends somehow the container of , the vivifying power of nature and so of God . Hence its associations with the fertility of the land , with lavish feasting , and at the same ...
... Grail stories . The Grail is the symbol of , and in the leg- ends somehow the container of , the vivifying power of nature and so of God . Hence its associations with the fertility of the land , with lavish feasting , and at the same ...
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... Grail hero , Galahad , is virtually a reincar- nation of Christ on earth . The earlier Grail stories seem to have implied that the best knight in the world could attain salvation and immortality for himself and for others , because he ...
... Grail hero , Galahad , is virtually a reincar- nation of Christ on earth . The earlier Grail stories seem to have implied that the best knight in the world could attain salvation and immortality for himself and for others , because he ...
Contents
An Introduction to the Story of Arthur | 13 |
The Historical Origins of the Arthurian Legend | 25 |
Recent Progress | 45 |
Copyright | |
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