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Perceval and Gawain in Dark Mirrors: Reflection and Reflexivity in Chretien De Troyes's Conte Del Graal - Couverture souple

Pickens, Rupert T.

 
9780786494385: Perceval and Gawain in Dark Mirrors: Reflection and Reflexivity in Chretien De Troyes's Conte Del Graal
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786494387 ISBN 13 : 9780786494385
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2014

Synopsis

An innovative author of verse romance, Chretien de Troyes wrote in northern France between 1170 and 1190. Credited with the first Arthurian romance, he composed five works set in King Arthur's court, culminating with an unfinished masterpiece, the Conte del Graal (Story of the Grail). This text is the first to mention the banquet serving dish that became the Holy Grail in early efforts to rewrite or complete the text.

This book focuses on the Conte's narrative depiction of mirrors real and metaphorical: shining armor, a polished golden eagle, the Grail itself, St. Paul's enigmatic looking glass, the blood drops in snow in which Perceval sees the face of his beloved. The last chapter joins the controversy over Chretien's intended conclusion, and proposes a climactic ending in which Perceval, heir to the Grail kingdom, confronts his double, Gawain, heir to Arthur's Logres.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rupert T. Pickens has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Kentucky and has published on medieval topics. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786494387
ISBN 13 
9780786494385
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
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