The Quest of the Holy Grail (Penguin Classics)

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The Quest of the Holy Grail (Penguin Classics)

The Quest of the Holy Grail (Penguin Classics)

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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.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780140442205
ISBN10 0140442200
Number Of Pages 304
Item Weight 136 g
Product Dimensions 127 x 15 x 196 mm
Publisher / Reseller Penguin Classics
Format paperback
Edition Reprint
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Pauline Matarasso read modern languages at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and was awarded a Doctorat de l'Universite de Paris in 1958. She has also translated The Cistercian World and Aucassin and Nicolette and Other Tales for the Penguin Classics. Her combined biography of Anne of France, Anne of Brittany and Louise of Savoy, Queen's Maid, was published in 2001.Pauline Matarasso read modern languages at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and was awarded a Doctorat de l'Universite de Paris in 1958. She has also translated The Cistercain World and Aucassin and Nicolette and Other Tales for the Penguin Classics. Her combined biography of Anne of France, Anne of Brittany and Louise of Savoy, Queen's Maid, was published in 2001.

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