The Complete Story of the Grail: Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval

The Complete Story of the Grail: Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval and its continuations (Arthurian Studies)

The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in ChrÃ©tien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But ChrÃ©tien 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 ChrÃ©tien's poem and its four Continuations, which are finally attracting the scholarly attention they deserve. Besides ChrÃ©tien'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 ChrÃ©tien'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 ChrÃ©tien's theme - not least their crucial focus on the knight as a crusader. Equally, ChrÃ©tien'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.

Table of Contents

IntroductionChrÃ©tien de Troyes: PercevalThe First ContinuationThe Second ContinuationGerbert's ContinuationThe Third ContinuationAppendix 1: The Elucidation PrologueAppendix 2: BliocadranAppendix 3: Independent conclusion to the Second Continuation in the Bern manuscript [Burgerbibliothek 113]
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Country	USA
Brand	D.S. Brewer
Manufacturer	D.S. Brewer
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781843844983
ReleaseDate	2018-04-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781843844983

The Complete Story of the Grail: Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval and its continuations (Arthurian Studies)

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