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Author : Emma Jung
Release : 1998
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 378/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Grail Legend by : Emma Jung
Download or read book The Grail Legend written by Emma Jung. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing in a clear and readable style, two leading women of the Jungian school of psychology present this legend as a living myth that is profoundly relevant to modern life. 17 illustrations.
Author : Joseph Goering
Release : 2008-10-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 202/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Virgin and the Grail by : Joseph Goering
Download or read book The Virgin and the Grail written by Joseph Goering. This book was released on 2008-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some fifty years before Chrétien de Troyes wrote what is probably the first and certainly the most influential story of the Holy Grail, images of the Virgin Mary with a simple but radiant bowl (called a “grail” in local dialect) appeared in churches in the Spanish Pyrenees. In this fascinating book, Joseph Goering explores the links between these sacred images and the origins of one of the West’s most enduring legends. While tracing the early history of the grail, Goering looks back to the Pyrenean religious paintings and argues that they were the original inspiration of the grail legend. He explains how storytellers in northern France could have learned of these paintings and how the enigmatic “grail” in the hands of the Virgin came to form the centerpiece of a story about a knight in King Arthur’s court. Part of the allure of the grail, Goering argues, was that neither Chrétien nor his audience knew exactly what it represented or why it was so important. And out of the attempts to answer those questions the literature of the Holy Grail was born.
Author : Roger Sherman Loomis
Release : 1991-10-27
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 754/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Grail by : Roger Sherman Loomis
Download or read book The Grail written by Roger Sherman Loomis. This book was released on 1991-10-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval legend of the Grail, a tale about the search for supreme mystical experience, has never ceased to intrigue writers and scholars by its wildly variegated forms: the settings have ranged from Britain to the Punjab to the Temple of Zeus at Dodona; the Grail itself has been described as the chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper, a stone with miraculous youth-preserving virtues, or a vessel containing a man's head swimming in blood. In his classic exploration of the major versions, Roger Sherman Loomis shows how the Grail, once a Celtic vessel of plenty, evolved into the Christian Grail with miraculous powers. Loomis bases his argument on historical examples involving the major motifs and characters in the legends, beginning with the Arthurian legend recounted in the 1180 French poem by Chrétien de Troyes. Loomis's book builds suspense as he proceeds from one puzzle to the next in revealing the meaning behind the legends.--From publisher description.
Author : Arthur Edward Waite
Release : 2006-01-01
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 794/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Holy Grail by : Arthur Edward Waite
Download or read book The Holy Grail written by Arthur Edward Waite. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grail legend is the centerpiece of Arthurian literature, and this classic work by the renowned scholar Arthur Edward Waite ranks among the most informative and profound books ever written on the subject. While the myths surrounding the Holy Grail are seemingly in harmony with orthodox religion, Waite reveals that beneath their pious surface, they are as subversive as any other form of mysticism — illustrating the symbolic nature of doctrinal teachings, no more intended for literal interpretation than is any fiction. With this informative study, Waite restores the full and true meaning of the knightly quests for honor and adventure as journeys of the soul.
Author : John Barry Marino
Release : 2004
Genre : Literary Collections
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 220/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Grail Legend in Modern Literature by : John Barry Marino
Download or read book The Grail Legend in Modern Literature written by John Barry Marino. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grail legends have in modern times been appropriated by a number of different scholarly schools of thought; their approaches are analysed here.
