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A discourse for the Holy Grail in old French romance / Ben Ramm.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ramm, Ben.
- Series:
- Gallica (Woodbridge (Suffolk, England)) ; v. 2.
- Gallica ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grail--Legends.
- Grail.
- Romances--History and criticism.
- Romances.
- French literature--To 1500--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Genre:
- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- x, 182 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Boydell & Brewer, 2007.
- Summary:
- Why should a supposedly Biblical relic lay down its literary roots in medieval French literature?
- Contents:
- Introduction: Tant sainte chose: For a New Discourse of the Grail 1
- 1 This is not the One: Identity, Abjection and meconnaissance in the Perlesvaus 31
- 2 Falling out with God: The Discursive Inconsistency of La Queste del Saint Graal 62
- 3 Remissio Peccatorum: Relocating the Sins of the Grail Hero 90
- 4 Dead to the World: Dreaming of Life and Death on the Quest of the Holy Grail 122
- Conclusion: 'Si avoit son tens trespasse': The Final Sacrifice of the Grail Hero? 149.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781843841098
- 1843841096
- OCLC:
- 77013012
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