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The Quest of the Holy Grail (Penguin Classics)

The Quest of the Holy Grail (Penguin Classics)

by None (Author), Pauline Matarasso (Translator)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

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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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 30 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0140442200
ISBN 13: 9780140442205

Author Bio
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.