18 books like Perceval le Gallois

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Le roman breton Jean Frappier · 1952 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares: Perceval, Grail, Romances, Legends

The high history of the Holy Graal Anonymous · 1898 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Joseph Campbell, in his epic study The Masks of God places Wolfram's Parzival squarely on the dividing line between ancient and modern. Emma Jung, whose psychological insights are invaluable, identifies the Grail cycle as the beginning of the immanent spirituality of Christianity, in opposition to the more ancient transcendent view. Adolf Hitler considered the Hallows of the Grail to be an… Shares: Perceval, Grail, Romances, Legends

Le cycle du Graal Jean Markale · 1992 · 317p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Jean Markale propose, dans le langage d'aujourd'hui, à partir des très nombreuses versions qu'il a suscitées, une reconstitution totale et chronologique du mythe du Graal, extraordinaire foisonnement de symboles et de réflexions, perc̦u souvent de fac̦on fragmentaire en raison même de l'abondance des textes et de la diversité des faits et des personnages évoqués."--Description de l'éditeur. Shares: Graal, Grail, Romances, Legends

From Ritual to Romance Jessie L. Weston · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 201p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A study of the Grail legend explores the saga's Gnostic roots and its relationship to ancient nature cults that associated the physical condition of the king with the productivity of the land. Shares: Légendes, Graal, Grail, Romances

He Robert A. Johnson · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 81p · ≈ 2h · Moderate “Entertaining, informative, thought-provoking, mysterious, poetic. Men who read it will surely learn much about themselves, and women—particularly those who are unfortunately misled into thinking of men as “the enemy”—will find it a real eye-opener.”—Ruth Tiffany Barnhouse, M.D., Th.M., Harvard University Robert A. Johnson's classic work exploring the differences between man and woman, female and… Shares: Perceval, Grail, Romances, Legends

The Complete Story of the Grail Chrétien de Troyes · 2015 · 634p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chrétien de Troyes fashioned a new form of medieval Romance. The Knight of the Cart is the first telling of the adulterous relationship between Lancelot and Arthur’s Queen Guinevere, and in The Knight with the Lion Yvain neglects his bride in his quest for greater glory.… Shares: Grail, Romances, Legends, Arthurian romances

The Grail (Celtic Interest) Roger Sherman Loomis · 1963 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "The medieval legend of the Grail, a tale about the search for supreme mystical experience, has never ceased to intrigue writers and scholars by its wildly variegated forms: the settings have ranged from Britain to the Punjab to the Temple of Zeus at Dodona; the Grail itself has been described as the chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper, a stone with miraculous youth-preserving virtues, or a… Shares: Graal, Grail, Romances, Legends

The quest of the Holy Grail Jessie L. Weston · 1913 · 162p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Published in 1965: In the following pages the author has endeavoured to give, as clearly and concisely as possible, a description of the literature composing the Grail cycle, an analysis of its content and a survey of the leading theories to which this perplexing body of romance has given rise. Shares: Grail, Romances, Legends, Arthurian romances

Parzival and Titurel Wolfram von Eschenbach · 1849 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Challenging A translation into English by A. S. Kline Illustrated with works from The Flower Book by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833 – 1898). ‘Parzival’ is dated, from internal and circumstantial evidence, to the first decade of the 13th century. The work is written in the East Franconian dialect of Middle High German. Its author Wolfram von Eschenbach was a contemporary of Gottfried von Strassburg,… Shares: Perceval, Romances, Arthurian romances

Wales and the Arthurian legend Roger Sherman Loomis · 1956 · 231p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Stimulating and masterly study examines the evolution of the great mass of fiction surrounding the Arthurian legend in Western literature — from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain and the collection of Welsh tales known as The Mabinogion, to Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian stories, the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and such English masterpieces as Sir Gawain and the Green… Shares: Grail, Romances, Legends, Arthurian romances

Avowing of King Arthur Roger Dahood · 2014 · 152p · ≈ 5h · Moderate This book presents the manuscript of the original poem, from the Ireland Blackburne MS. The composition is from some time between the late 14th and late 15th century. Originally published in 1984, this book introduces the manuscript with historical details and discussion of its language, structure and sources, including a bibliography of related studies. After the poem is a comprehensive notes… Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

The Grail Dhira B. Mahoney · 2000 · 600p · ≈ 20h · Moderate The Holy Grail () is a treasure that serves as an important motif in Arthurian literature. Various traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miraculous healing powers, sometimes providing eternal youth or sustenance in infinite abundance, often guarded in the custody of the Fisher King and located in the hidden Grail castle. By analogy, any elusive object or goal of great… Shares: Grail, Romances, Legends, Arthurian romances

Tales of Ancient Greece George W. Cox · 1879 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Challenging This book contains a collection of stories that have been passed down for centuries, all stemming from the lands of Germany, Scandinavia and northeastern Europe. The tales lend an insight into the pagan beliefs and general culture of the peoples who were converted to Christianity by forced means during the Northern Crusades. Shares: Légendes, Legends

Grail (Pendragon Cycle #5) Stephen R. Lawhead · 1995 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A great king faces the ultimate challenge: a dangerous quest through realms of magic and the undead toward a confrontation with his destiny. Drought, plague, and war have left the Isle of the Mighty battered and its heart, the beloved Arthur, grievously injured—until a secret relic is brought before the dying King; a Holy Grail that heals his wounds and restores his vigor. But soon evil enters… Shares: Grail, Romances, Arthurian romances

Parsival Richard Monaco · 1977 · ★ 3.7 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The classic tale of one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table is thrillingly reimagined in this gritty, contemporary novel. Richard Monaco has taken a slice of the Arthurian legend and created a thoroughly modern-minded re-imagining of the classic tale. Colorful medieval settings blend with a hard-edged look at human foibles and a romantic story of love and loss is narrated with a lean,… Shares: Perceval, Arthurian romances

Méliador Jean Froissart · 1895 Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

Romance of Tristan Béroul · 2019 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

Complete Concordance to Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Parzival Clifton D. Hall · 2020 · 798p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Originally published in 1990, this massive work of scholarship provides an invaluable reference tool for efficient textual investigation to a medieval masterpiece and one of the most significant Middle High German poems. Function words and selected high frequency words with related forms, omitted from many concordances, are given in single verse context in the Verse Concordance. The shorter… Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

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