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  1. Le Graal sans la légende
    Author: Bonnefoy, Yves
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Éd. Galilée, Paris

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    Language: French
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9782718608914
    RVK Categories: IH 19760
    Series: Collection Lignes fictives
    Subjects: Arthurian romances / History and criticism; Grail / Legends; Knights and knighthood in literature; Gral
    Scope: 101 S.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [105])
  2. The legend of the grail
    Author: Bryant, Nigel
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  D.S. Brewer, Woodbridge, Suffolk

    Nigel Bryant presents the Grail story, constructed from the principal motifs and narrative strands of all the original Grail romances more

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    Nigel Bryant presents the Grail story, constructed from the principal motifs and narrative strands of all the original Grail romances

     
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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9781846152603
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    Series: Arthurian studies ; 58
    Subjects: Grail / Legends
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (258 Seiten)
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    Previously issued in print: 2004. - Translated from the French. - Includes bibliographical references
  3. Merlin and the Grail
    Joseph of Arimathea, Merlin, Perceval : the trilogy of prose romances attributed to Robert de Boron
    Author: Robert de Boron
    Published: 2001
    Publisher:  D.S. Brewer, Cambridge

    It is hard to overstate the importance of this trilogy of prose romances in the development of the legend of the Holy Grail and in the evolution of Arthurian literature as a whole. They give a crucial new impetus to the story of the Grail by... more

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    It is hard to overstate the importance of this trilogy of prose romances in the development of the legend of the Holy Grail and in the evolution of Arthurian literature as a whole. They give a crucial new impetus to the story of the Grail by establishing a provenance for the sacred vessel - and for the Round Table itself - in the Biblical past; and through the controlling figure of Merlin they link the story of Joseph of Arimathea with the mythical British history of Vortigern and Utherpendragon, the birth of Arthur, and the sword in the stone, and then with the knightly adventures of Perceval's Grail quest and the betrayal and death of Arthur, creating the very first Arthurian cycle. Ambitious, original and complete in its conception, this trilogy - translated here for the first time - is a finely paced, vigorous piece of storytelling that provides an outstanding example of the essentially oral nature of early prose.
    NIGEL BRYANT is head of drama at Marlborough College and he has also provided editions in English of The High Book of the Grail: A translation of the thirteenth century romance of Perlesvaus

     
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    Contributor: Bryant, Nigel
    Language: English
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781846150043
    RVK Categories: IE 8218
    Series: Arthurian studies ; 48
    Subjects: Merlin (Legendary character) / Romances; Romances / Translations into English; Arthurian romances; Grail / Legends
    Other subjects: Robert / de Boron / active 13th century / Translations into English; Joseph / of Arimathea, Saint / Romances; Perceval / (Legendary character) / Romances
    Scope: 1 online resource (172 pages), digital, PDF file(s)
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  4. Grail, Arthur and his knights
    a symbolic Jungian reading
    Author: Alvarenga, Maria Zelia de
    Published: c2013
    Publisher:  Karnac, London

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    Language: English
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1780491417; 178241066X; 9781780491417; 9781782410669
    Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Arthurian romances; Grail / Legends; Jungian psychology; Grail; Arthurian romances; Jungian psychology; Artusepik; Analytische Psychologie
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 132 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  5. Handbuch der Sentenzen und Sprichwörter im höfischen Roman des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts, Band 2, Artusromane nach 1230, Gralromane, Tristanromane
    Published: ©2009
    Publisher:  Walter de Gruyter, Berlin

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    Language: German
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 3110212390; 9783110212396
    Subjects: POETRY / Continental European; Arthurian romances; Court epic, German; German poetry / Middle High German; Grail / Legends; Tristan (Legendary character) / Romances; Court epic, German; German poetry; Arthurian romances; Tristan (Legendary character); Grail
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 695 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-649) and indexes
  6. Le Graal sans la légende
    Author: Bonnefoy, Yves
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Éd. Galilée, Paris

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    Language: French
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9782718608914
    RVK Categories: IH 19760
    Series: Collection Lignes fictives
    Subjects: Arthurian romances / History and criticism; Grail / Legends; Knights and knighthood in literature; Gral
    Scope: 101 S., 22 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [105])
  7. <<Le>> Graal sans la légende
    Author: Bonnefoy, Yves
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Éd. Galilée, Paris

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    Language: French
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9782718608914
    RVK Categories: IH 19760
    Series: Collection Lignes fictives
    Subjects: Arthurian romances / History and criticism; Grail / Legends; Knights and knighthood in literature
    Scope: 101 S.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [105])
  8. <<The>> complete story of the Grail
    Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval and its continuations
    Author: Chrétien
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  D. S. Brewer, imprint of Boydell & Brewer, Cambridge

    The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in ChreÌtien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But ChreÌtien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the Grail.... more

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    The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in ChreÌtien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But ChreÌtien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the Grail. It was, however, far too attractive an idea to leave. Not only did it inspire quite separate works; his own unfinished poem was continued and finally completed by no fewer than four other writers. The Complete Story of the Grail is the first ever translation of the whole of the rich and compelling body of tales contained in ChreÌtien's poem and its four Continuations, which are finally attracting the scholarly attention they deserve. Besides ChreÌtien's original text, there are the anonymous First Continuation (translated here in its fullest version), the Second Continuation attributed to Wauchier de Denain, and the intriguing Third and Fourth Continuations - probably written simultaneously, with no knowledge of each other's work - by Manessier and Gerbert de Montreuil. Two other poets were drawn to create preludes explaining the background to ChreÌtien's story, and translated here also are their works: The Elucidation Prologue and Bliocadran. Only in this, The Story of the Grail's complete form, can the reader appreciate the narrative skill and invention of the medieval poets and their surprising responses to ChreÌtien's theme - not least their crucial focus on the knight as a crusader. Equally, ChreÌtien's original poem was almost always copied in conjunction with one or more of the Continuations, so this translation represents how most medieval readers would have encountered it. Nigel Bryant's previous translations from Medieval French include Perlesvaus - the High Book of the Grail, Robert de Boron's trilogy Merlin and the Grail, the Medieval Romance of Alexander, The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel and Percef++

     
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    Contributor: Bryant, Nigel (Übersetzer)
    Language: English
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781782044758
    Series: Arthurian studies ; LXXXII
    Subjects: Perceval (Legendary character) / Romances; Grail / Legends; Arthurian romances
    Other subjects: Chrétien / de Troyes / active 12th century / Perceval le Gallois
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (lii, 580 Seiten)
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  9. Perceval
    the story of the grail
    Author: Chrétien
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  D.S. Brewer, Woodbridge, Suffolk

    The original version of one of the greatest and most potent of medieval legends more

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    The original version of one of the greatest and most potent of medieval legends

     
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    Contributor: Bryant, Nigel
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781846154980
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    Edition: New edition
    Subjects: Arthurian romances; Grail / Legends
    Other subjects: Perceval / (Legendary character) / Romances
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 334 Seiten)
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    This edition previously issued in print: 2006. - Previous edition: Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1982. - Includes bibliographical references
  10. Le Graal sans la légende
    Author: Bonnefoy, Yves
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Éd. Galilée, Paris

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    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: French
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9782718608914
    RVK Categories: IH 19760
    Series: Collection Lignes fictives
    Subjects: Arthurian romances / History and criticism; Grail / Legends; Knights and knighthood in literature; Gral
    Scope: 101 S., 22 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [105])
  11. Le roman de Perceval ou Le conte du Graal
    Author: Chrétien
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  de Gruyter, Berlin [u.a.]

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    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    Contributor: Busby, Keith (Publisher)
    Language: French; French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783110922431
    RVK Categories: IE 6581
    Edition: Éd. critique d'après tous les manuscrits
    Subjects: Perceval (Legendary character) / Romances; Arthurian romances; Grail / Legends; Handschrift; Englisch; Übersetzung
    Other subjects: Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190): Li contes del Graal; Gerbert de Montreuil (ca. 13. Jh.); Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (XCI, 583 S.)
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    Text in Old French with critical matter in French

    Printausg. ersch. 1993 im Verl. Niemeyer, Tübingen
  12. Elemente christlicher Spiritualität im altfranzösischen Gralskorpus
    Author: Ollig, Thomas
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Aschendorff, Münster

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Language: German
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    ISBN: 3402104318; 3402194767; 9783402104316; 9783402194768
    Series: Erudiri sapientia ; Bd. 8
    Subjects: Queste del Saint Graal; Christianity and literature; Cycles (Literature); French literature; Grail / Legends; Literature, Medieval; Romances; Spirituality in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French; Grail; French literature; Romances; Literature, Medieval; Christianity and literature; Spirituality in literature; Cycles (Literature); Altfranzösisch; Christentum <Motiv>; Artusepik; Spiritualität <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190): Li contes del Graal; Robert de Boron (ca. 13. Jh.): Roman de l'estoire del Graal
    Scope: 1 online resource (427 pages)
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    Originally presented as the author's doctoral dissertation to the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität at Frankfurt in 2011

    Description based on print version record
  13. The Holy Grail
    History and Legend
    Author: Wood, Juliette
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  University of Wales Press, Cardiff

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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0708325246; 0708325254; 9780708325247; 9780708325254
    Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Grail / Legends; Grail; Literatur; Gral
    Scope: 1 online resource (145 pages)
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    This book examines the traditions attached to the Holy Grail from its first appearance in medieval romance through its transformation into an object of mystical significance in modern literature and film

    Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; The Sources of the Grail Romances; The Characters in the Grail Quest; Visions of the Grail; From Wales to Glastonbury; Secret Grails and Hidden Messages; Chapels, Monuments and Relics; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
  14. Le roman de Perceval, ou, Le conte du Graal
    Author: Chrétien
    Published: 1993
    Publisher:  Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen

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    Language: French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783110922431; 3110922436; 3484503270; 9783484503274
    Subjects: POETRY / Continental European; Arthurian romances; Grail; Arthurian romances; Grail / Legends; Perceval (Legendary character) / Romances; Romances; Arthurian romances; Grail; Handschrift; Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Perceval / (Legendary character); Perceval (Legendary character); Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190); Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190): Li contes del Graal; Gerbert de Montreuil (ca. 13. Jh.)
    Scope: xci, 583 pages
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    Text in Old French with critical matter in French

    Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxix-xci) and index

    ""Remerciements""; ""Introduction""; ""Manuscrits""; ""La transmission manuscrite""; ""Classement des manuscrits""; ""Editions antérieures""; ""Principes de l�édition et établissement du texte""; ""L�apparat critique et les notes""; ""Langue de l�auteur""; ""Langue du copiste""; ""Bibliographie""; ""LE ROMAN DE PERCEVAL OU LE CONTE DU GRAAL""; ""Appendices""; ""Notes""; ""Index des noms propres""; ""Glossaire""
  15. The complete story of the Grail
    Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval and its continuations
    Author: Chrétien
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Boydell & Brewer, Suffolk

    The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the... more

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    The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the Grail. It was, however, far too attractive an idea to leave. Not only did it inspire quite separate works; his own unfinished poem was continued and finally completed by no fewer than four other writers. The Complete Story of the Grail is the first ever translation of the whole of the rich and compelling body of tales contained in Chrétien's poem and its four Continuations, which are finally attracting the scholarly attention they deserve. Besides Chrétien's original text, there are the anonymous First Continuation (translated here in its fullest version), the Second Continuation attributed to Wauchier de Denain, and the intriguing Third and Fourth Continuations - probably written simultaneously, with no knowledge of each other's work - by Manessier and Gerbert de Montreuil. Two other poets were drawn to create preludes explaining the background to Chrétien's story, and translated here also are their works: The Elucidation Prologue and Bliocadran. Only in this, The Story of the Grail's complete form, can the reader appreciate the narrative skill and invention of the medieval poets and their surprising responses to Chrétien's theme - not least their crucial focus on the knight as a crusader. Equally, Chrétien's original poem was almost always copied in conjunction with one or more of the Continuations, so this translation represents how most medieval readers would have encountered it. Nigel Bryant's previous translations from Medieval French include Perlesvaus - the High Book of the Grail, Robert de Boron's trilogy Merlin and the Grail, the Medieval Romance of Alexander, The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel and Perceforest

     
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    Contributor: Bryant, Nigel
    Language: English
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781782044758
    Subjects: Perceval (Legendary character) / Romances; Grail / Legends; Arthurian romances; Englisch; Übersetzung; Handschrift
    Other subjects: Chrétien / de Troyes / active 12th century / Perceval le Gallois; Gerbert de Montreuil (ca. 13. Jh.); Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190): Li contes del Graal; Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190)
    Scope: 1 online resource (lii, 580 pages)
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  16. The complete story of the Grail
    Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval and its continuations
    Author: Chrétien
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Boydell & Brewer, Suffolk

    The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the... more

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    The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the Grail. It was, however, far too attractive an idea to leave. Not only did it inspire quite separate works; his own unfinished poem was continued and finally completed by no fewer than four other writers. The Complete Story of the Grail is the first ever translation of the whole of the rich and compelling body of tales contained in Chrétien's poem and its four Continuations, which are finally attracting the scholarly attention they deserve. Besides Chrétien's original text, there are the anonymous First Continuation (translated here in its fullest version), the Second Continuation attributed to Wauchier de Denain, and the intriguing Third and Fourth Continuations - probably written simultaneously, with no knowledge of each other's work - by Manessier and Gerbert de Montreuil. Two other poets were drawn to create preludes explaining the background to Chrétien's story, and translated here also are their works: The Elucidation Prologue and Bliocadran. Only in this, The Story of the Grail's complete form, can the reader appreciate the narrative skill and invention of the medieval poets and their surprising responses to Chrétien's theme - not least their crucial focus on the knight as a crusader. Equally, Chrétien's original poem was almost always copied in conjunction with one or more of the Continuations, so this translation represents how most medieval readers would have encountered it. Nigel Bryant's previous translations from Medieval French include Perlesvaus - the High Book of the Grail, Robert de Boron's trilogy Merlin and the Grail, the Medieval Romance of Alexander, The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel and Perceforest

     
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    Contributor: Bryant, Nigel
    Language: English
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781782044758
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    Subjects: Perceval (Legendary character) / Romances; Grail / Legends; Arthurian romances; Handschrift; Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Chrétien / de Troyes / active 12th century / Perceval le Gallois; Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190); Gerbert de Montreuil (ca. 13. Jh.); Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190): Li contes del Graal
    Scope: 1 online resource (lii, 580 pages)
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  17. The complete story of the Grail
    Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval and its continuations
    Author: Chrétien
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Boydell & Brewer, Suffolk

    The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the... more

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    The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the Grail. It was, however, far too attractive an idea to leave. Not only did it inspire quite separate works; his own unfinished poem was continued and finally completed by no fewer than four other writers. The Complete Story of the Grail is the first ever translation of the whole of the rich and compelling body of tales contained in Chrétien's poem and its four Continuations, which are finally attracting the scholarly attention they deserve. Besides Chrétien's original text, there are the anonymous First Continuation (translated here in its fullest version), the Second Continuation attributed to Wauchier de Denain, and the intriguing Third and Fourth Continuations - probably written simultaneously, with no knowledge of each other's work - by Manessier and Gerbert de Montreuil. Two other poets were drawn to create preludes explaining the background to Chrétien's story, and translated here also are their works: The Elucidation Prologue and Bliocadran. Only in this, The Story of the Grail's complete form, can the reader appreciate the narrative skill and invention of the medieval poets and their surprising responses to Chrétien's theme - not least their crucial focus on the knight as a crusader. Equally, Chrétien's original poem was almost always copied in conjunction with one or more of the Continuations, so this translation represents how most medieval readers would have encountered it. Nigel Bryant's previous translations from Medieval French include Perlesvaus - the High Book of the Grail, Robert de Boron's trilogy Merlin and the Grail, the Medieval Romance of Alexander, The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel and Perceforest

     
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    Contributor: Bryant, Nigel
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9781782044758
    Subjects: Perceval (Legendary character) / Romances; Grail / Legends; Arthurian romances; Englisch; Übersetzung; Handschrift
    Other subjects: Chrétien / de Troyes / active 12th century / Perceval le Gallois; Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190): Li contes del Graal; Chrétien de Troyes (1150-1190); Gerbert de Montreuil (ca. 13. Jh.)
    Scope: 1 online resource (lii, 580 pages)
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