Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail
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Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail

About this book

In this verse translation of Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail, Ruth Harwood Cline restores to life the thematically crucial Arthurian tale of the education of a knight in his search for the Holy Grail.

Cline's translation, faithful to the highly synthetic, deliberately ornate nature of medieval French, follows Perceval from his home in Wales, through his rich and raucous adventures as a member of the fraternity of knights, to his climactic meeting with the Fisher King. Paralyzed by his first glimpse of the Grail, Perceval fails to save the ailing king. Distraught, the knight begins a new quest for the Grail, a journey on the road of penitence and faith. Perceval's venture, the true test of his knighthood, ends without conclusion; the death of author Chrétien de Troyes left unsaid and undetermined the success of Perceval's quest.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Prologue
  6. The Meeting with the Knights
  7. The Maiden in the Tent
  8. The Red Knight
  9. Gornemant of Gohort
  10. Blancheflor, Anguingueron, and Clamadeu
  11. The Grail
  12. Perceval's Cousin
  13. The Proud Knight of the Moor
  14. Blood on the Snow
  15. The Ugly Maiden and Guinganbresil
  16. The Maid with Little Sleeves
  17. Escavalon
  18. Perceval's Hermit Uncle
  19. Greoreas and the Evil Maiden
  20. The Wondrous Bed
  21. The Guiromelant
  22. Bibliography