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The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief
de Barber, Richard
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- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0674013905
- ISBN 13
- 9780674013902
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Fine Collectible Hardcover Fine Dust Jacket NOT Clipped. NOT a library copy. First American Edition Comprehensive critical study of the major and minor French and Continental Medieval Grail texts as well as even it's later applications in modern novels. Deep and comprehensive by this truly great modern Arthurian scholar. Clean collectible condition Very handsome Burne Jones Dust Jacket as well. Three Geese In Flight since 1977 selling Arthurian books from the land to the West. See our Book Scans Table of Contents and Cover condition
Sinopsis
The Holy Grail is an image familiar to us all as an almost unattainable, infinitely desirable goal. The idea has passed into everyday speech and the legends behind it are as current in today's culture as they have ever been. And yet the Grail has no real religious meaning and is nowhere mentioned in the Bible. What is the truth behind this elusive symbol? Here, Barber traces the history of the stories surrounding the Holy Grail. He describes how through a long series of imaginative transformations, the grail has moved from the sphere of romance to religion, and in twentieth century popular culture has become an emblem of mysticism and man's highest aspirations, intimately linked with the central ritual of the Christian faith. The search for the grail has always been described as a quest; in this book, Barber goes on his own quest, brilliantly exploring the richness of the Holy Grail's cultural impact. Barber traces the history of legends surrounding the Holy Grail, from Chretien de Troyes' great romances to the popular bestsellers of the late twentieth century.
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- Librería
- Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 011491
- Título
- The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief
- Autor
- Barber, Richard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0674013905
- ISBN 13
- 9780674013902
- Editorial
- Harvard University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- U.S.A
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Tamaño
- 8vo
- Palabras clave
- celtic goddess french grail elucidation welsh holy grail french dualistic cathar celtic grail welsh catholic grail mysteries spanish grail glastonbury medieval christians monastic cistercians graal fairy woman sidhe folk
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Arthurian Legend; General /Poetry/Music/Food/Travel/Art/Theatre/Fiction; Megalithic/Goddess/Geomancy; Celtic Christianity; Norse/Anglo Saxon/ Middle English/ Elizabethan/German; Medieval, Early Medieval and Tudor; /French/ Frankish/ Carolingian;
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