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