This volume in the Arthurian Characters and Themes series treats the fascinating character of Perceval, the naive and flawed but gifted youth who becomes the Grail hero in some texts and yet is eclipsed in others by Galahad. Also includes eight musical examples.

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Yes, you can access Perceval/Parzival by Arthur Groos, Norris J. Lacy, Arthur Groos, Norris J. Lacy in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Letteratura & Biografie in ambito letterario. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2012

ISBN

9781136510007

Edition

Topic

Letteratura

Subtopic

Biografie in ambito letterario

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Selected Bibliography
1 Rexque futurus: The Anterior Order in Le Conte du graal
2 Perlesvaus and the Perceval Palimpsest
3 Peredur Son of Efrawg
4 Dialogic Transpositions: The Grail Hero Wins a Wife
5 Parzival’s Knightly Guilt
6 Parzival’s Failure (Books V and VI)
7 Parzival and Gâwân: Hero and Counterpart
8 The Grail Question in Wolfram and Elsewhere
9 The Saga of Parceval the Knight
10 Arthurian Comedy: The Simpleton-Hero in Sir Perceval of Galles
11 Malory’s Percivale: A Case of Competing Genealogies?
12 “A Very Secondary Position”: Perceval in Modern English and American Literature
13 Parsifal
14 Parsifal and Perceval on Film: The Reel Life of a Grail Knight