Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface ix
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS xiii
4. List of Illustrations xiv
5. I. The Chief Romances of the Grail: a Preview 1
6. II. The Origins and Growth of Arthurian Romance 7
7. III. Celtic Myths, their Mutations and Combinations 20
8. IV. The First Grail Story, the Conte del Graal of Chrétien de Troyes 28
9. V. The Grail Bearer, the Question Test, and the Fisher King 46
10. VI. The First Sequel to the Conte del Graal: the Corpse on the Bier and the Broken Sword 65
11. VII. Irish Echtrai: the Waste Land and the Bleeding Lance 74
12. VIII. Manessier's Sequel and Peredur: the Mission of Revenge 82
13. IX. Perlesvaus : Welsh Talismans and a Welsh Elysium 97
14. X. Sone de Nansai and the Mabinogi of Branwen 135
15. XI. The Prose Lancelot: Combat and Scandal in the Castle of King Pelles 146
16. XII. The Queste del Saint Graal: Celtic Story-Patterns in Cistercian Allegory 165
17. XIII. Parzival, the Spiritual Biography of a Knight 196
18. XIV. Joseph of Arimathea, an Evangelist by Error 223
19. XV. Glastonbury, School of Forgery and Isle of Avalon 249
20. XVI. The End of the Quest 271
21. Appendixes 278
22. Index 283