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The Holy Grail
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 496

The Holy Grail

In this fascinating work, Barber traces the history of the legends surrounding the Holy Grail, beginning with Chrtien de Troyes's great romances of the 12th century and the medieval Church's religious version of the secular ideal.

A Companion to Gottfried Von Strassburg's
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 340

A Companion to Gottfried Von Strassburg's "Tristan"

The legend of Tristan and Isolde -- the archetypal narrative about the turbulent effects of all-consuming, passionate love -- achieved its most complete and profound rendering in the German poet Gottfried von Strassburg's verse romance Tristan (ca. 1200-1210). Along with his great literary rival Wolfram von Eschenbach and his versatile predecessor Hartmann von Aue, Gottfried is considered one of three greatest poets produced by medieval Germany, and over the centuries his Tristan has lost none of its ability to attract with the beauty of its poetry and to challenge -- if not provoke -- with its sympathetic depiction of adulterous love. The essays, written by a dozen leading Gottfried special...

Arthurian Bibliography IV
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 496

Arthurian Bibliography IV

This fourth volume of entries, culled in the main from BBSIA, covers the years 1933 to 1998 inclusive. The cumulative volumes of the Bibliography offer an exhaustive author and title database of the burgeoning scholarship in this field.

German Literature of the High Middle Ages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 350

German Literature of the High Middle Ages

New essays on the first flowering of German literature, in the High Middle Ages and especially during the period 1180-1230.

Diz vliegende bîspel
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 255

Diz vliegende bîspel

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-07-13
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  • Publisher: V&R Unipress

The volume explores the theme of ambiguity in medieval and early modern literature in essays honoring the life and work of Arthur Groos, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University, USA, emeritus. The famous expression diz vliegende bîspel from Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival is its watchword. In the poem the black and white plumage of the magpie represents the characteristic complexity, ambiguity, and ambivalence of the romance. Removed from its historical context the expression is also a figure of Arthur Groos's wide-ranging intellectual flight. In addition to his work on medieval German verse narrative, he has made important contributions to courtly love poetry, medieval and early modern scientific literature, early modern German literature in general, and especially to opera.

Love, War, and the Grail
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 296

Love, War, and the Grail

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  • Published: 2001
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Includes genealogical charts of kings and noblemen associated with the search for the grail.

Origins of Arthurian Romances
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 235

Origins of Arthurian Romances

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-09-18
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  • Publisher: McFarland

There are three archetypal and widespread Arthurian stories--the abduction of Guinevere, the Holy Grail, and Tristan. Through the author's painstaking research of the literature and comparative literature of the stories, and by studying the history, laws, and archaeology of the post-Roman period, a new methodology was found for approaching sources. This led to strong reasons for making a number of groundbreaking conclusions. Arthurian literature is a potential wealth of information on Arthur's Britain. More importantly, the nature of the holy grail has been in the grail literature and related materials all along.

A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, Update 2004
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 350

A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, Update 2004

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-12-01
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This first update to the Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology (Brill, 2002) includes additional entries for the period before 2000 and new entries for the period 2000-2002.

The Court Reconvenes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390

The Court Reconvenes

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003
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  • Publisher: DS Brewer

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Chrétien de Troyes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 600

Chrétien de Troyes

The supplement to the 1976 original bibliography reflects the expanding scope of modern Chrétien studies, including items from around the world, with the assistance of an international team of scholars. The Supplement builds on and completes the Chrétien de Troyes Bibliography first published in 1976. Together the two volumes constitute the fullest and most complete bibliographical source now available on this major medieval author. Chrétien de Troyes bequeathed a corpus of highly original and widely influential Arthurian romances. Indeed, his direct or indirect influence continued throughout the middle ages and beyond into modern times. The Bibliographypermits students of medieval romanc...