From ritual to romance

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At the advanced age of 70, Jessie Weston, who had spent decades immersed in the Arthurian canon, wrote this relatively short book to attempt to explain the roots of the legend of the Holy Grail. She enumerates the seemingly inexplicable elements of the quest--The Fisher King, The Wasteland, the Chap...

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Main Author: Weston, Jessie L. (Jessie Laidlay), 1850-1928 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Garden City, New York : Doubleday Anchor Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957.
Series:Anchor books ; A125
Subjects:
Grail > Legends > History and criticism.
Arthurian romances > History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Quests (Expeditions) in literature.
Romances > History and criticism.
Arthurian romances.
Grail > Legends.
Literature, Medieval.
Romances.
Graal (volkskunde)
Legenden.
Riten.
Christendom.
Grail > Criticism and interpretation.
Mythe > Dans la littérature.
Rituels (livres liturgiques) > Dans la littérature.
Littérature médiévale > Thèmes, motifs.
Graal > Légendes.
Grail.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Annotations > 20th century.

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