Author: Norris J. LacyPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843842386
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Lancelot-Grail : the old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in translation. Vol. 8. The post-vulgate Merlin continuation
Author: Norris J. LacyPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843842386
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
A Cultural Theory of International Relations
Author: Richard Ned LebowPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521871360
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
An original theory of politics and international relations based on ancient Greek ideas of human motivation.
Arthuriana
Author: The History of the Holy Grail
Author: Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843842246
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Quest of the Holy Grail
Author: Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140442205
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot - the simple Perceval, the thoughtful Bors, the rash Gawain, the weak Lancelot and the saintly Galahad - as they journey through danger and temptation to reach the elusive Holy Grail. But only one of them is judged worthy to see the mysteries within the sacred vessel, and look upon the ineffable. Enfused with tragic grandeur and an aura of mysticism, The Quest is an absorbing and radiant allegory of man's perilous search for divine grace, and had a profound influence on later Arthurian romances and versions of the Grail legend. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2024
Book Description
Malory's Library
Author: Ralph C. NorrisPublisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9781843841548
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
New study of Malory's sources reveals much about how the work was created and about Malory himself.
Lancelot-Grail: Volume 3 (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Norris J. LacyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780415877244
Category : Arthur, King (Romances, etc.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Arthurian Handbook
Author: Norris J. LacyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317777441
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Everything you ever wanted to know about King Arthur and his knights is covered in this fascinating volume: the origins of the Grail legend, the Tristan and Isolde love story in opera and literature, Spielberg's use of Arthurian motifs in Star Wars , the depiction of Arthur in paintings, the presentation of Camelot on the Broadway stage, the twitting of the legend in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and much more. This critical survey of Arthurian history and legend, archaeology, literature, and the arts from the fifth century to the present provides an introduction for the general reader and a useful summary for the specialist. It offers both historical facts and key discussions on Arthurian subjects, from post-Roman Britain to the most recent novels and films. There is a lengthy glossary of Arthurian characters, motifs, and places, a chronology of major historical and literary items, a guide to pronunciation, and a full bibliography. What's new in the Second Edition:All the material has been revised and updated to 1996 since the original 1988 edition; The chapter on modern literature has been thoroughly revised, with new material on writings from France, Germany, England, and America; The coverage of King Arthur in the arts has entirely rewritten by one of the premier authorities in Arthurian studies. Brand-new geneological charts of the ancestry of Arthur and his family and the Grail kings and knights.; A fully up-to-date chronology; Many new illustrations.
Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe
Author: Richard W. KaeuperPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199244588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Medieval Europe was a rapidly developing society with a problem of violent disorder. Professor Kaeuper's original and authoritative study reveals that chivalry was just as much a part of this problem as it was its solution. Chivalry praised heroic violence by knights, and fused such displaysof prowess with honour, piety, high-status, and attractiveness to women. Though the vast body of chivalric literature praised chivalry as necessary to civilization, most texts also worried over knightly violence, criticized the ideals and practices of chivalry, and often proposed reforms. Theknights themselves joined the debate, absorbing some reforms, ignoring others, sometimes proposing their own. The interaction of chivalry with major governing institutions ("church" and "state") emerging at that time was similarly complex: kings and clerics both needed and feared the force of theknighthood. This fascinating book lays bare these conflicts and paradoxes which surrounded the concept of chivalry in medieval Europe.