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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson
An innovative author of verse romance, Chretien de Troyes wrote in northern France between 1170 and 1190. Credited with the first Arthurian romance, he composed five works set in King Arthur''s court, culminating with an unfinished masterpiece, the...
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An innovative author of verse romance, Chretien de Troyes wrote in northern France between 1170 and 1190. Credited with the first Arthurian romance, he composed five works set in King Arthur''s court, culminating with an unfinished masterpiece, the Conte del Graal (Story of the Grail). This text is the first to mention the banquet serving dish that became the Holy Grail in early efforts to rewrite or complete the text. This book focuses on the Conte''s narrative depiction of mirrors real and metaphorical: shining armor, a polished golden eagle, the Grail itself, St. Paul''s enigmatic looking g
Cover; Table of Contents; Preface: Chrétien de Troyes's Conte del Graal; Introduction. The Prologue: "Through a glass, darkly"; 1. Specularity and Reflective Sequences; 2. The Hermitage: "He that abideth in charity"; 3. Gawain in the Galloway Borderland; 4. Apotheosis and Relapse; Conclusion: "Hide your good deeds from your left hand"; Appendix A. The Peccatum matris as Original Sin: Psalm 108/109:14; Appendix B. The Peccatum matris as an Incentive to Charity: Foregrounding the Mother in the Vulgate Sirach; Appendix C. The Custom of Logres in the Charrete; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
