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Perceval, or, The story of the grail / Chretien de Troyes ; translated by Ruth Harwood Cline.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century.
- Standardized Title:
- Perceval le Gallois. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perceval (Legendary character)--Romances.
- Perceval (Legendary character).
- Romances--Translations into English.
- Romances.
- Arthurian romances.
- Grail--Romances.
- Grail.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxix, 247 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1985, c1983.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this verse translation of Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail, Ruth Harwood Cline restores to life the thematically crucial Arthurian tale of the education of a knight in his search for the Holy Grail. Cline's translation, faithful to the highly synthetic, deliberately ornate nature of medieval French, follows Perceval from his home in Wales, through his rich and raucous adventures as a member of the fraternity of knights, to his climactic meeting with the Fisher King. Paralyzed by his first glimpse of the Grail, Perceval fails to save the ailing king. Distraught, the knight begins a new quest for the Grail, a journey on the road of penitence and faith. Perceval's venture, the true test of his knighthood, ends without conclusion; the death of author Chrétien de Troyes left unsaid and undetermined the success of Perceval's quest.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prologue
- The Meeting with the Knights
- The Maiden in the Tent
- The Red Knight
- Gornemant of Gohort
- Blancheflor, Anguingueron, and Clamadeu
- The Grail
- Perceval's Cousin
- The Proud Knight of the Moor
- Blood on the Snow
- The Ugly Maiden and Guinganbresil
- The Maid with Little Sleeves
- Escavalon
- Perceval's Hermit Uncle
- Greoreas and the Evil Maiden
- The Wondrous Bed
- The Guiromelant
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Perceval le Gallois.
- Includes bibliography.
- ISBN:
- 9786613110466
- 9781283110464
- 1283110466
- 9780820340548
- 0820340545
- OCLC:
- 714821985
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