TY  - GEN
T1  - Perceval : the story of the grail
A1  - Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century
A2  - Raffel, Burton
A2  - Duggan, Joseph J.
LA  - English
LA  - French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 1999
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn560486329
AB  - One of the most influential storytellers in Western literature, French poet Chrétien de Troyes helped to shape the ever-fascinating legend of King Arthur and the Round Table. Of Chrétien's five surviving romantic Arthurian poems, the last and longest is Perceval, an unfinished work that introduces the story of the Grail-a legend quickly adopted by other medieval writers and taken up by a continuing succession of authors. In Chrétien's romance, Perceval progresses from a naive boyhood in rural seclusion to a position of high respect as a knight at Arthur's court. With the help of two teachers-his mother and Gornemant of Goort-Perceval is ultimately able to reject the worldly adventures chosen by other knights and seek important moral and spiritual answers.Acclaimed for his sensitive and faithful translations of the poems of Chrétien, Burton Raffel completes the Arthurian series with this rendition of Perceval. Raffel conveys to the modern English language reader all the delights of Chrétien's inventive storytelling, perceptive characterizations and vividly evoked emotions.
OP  - 310
CN  - PQ1447.E5 R35 1999eb
SN  - 0300133227
SN  - 9780300133226
SN  - 9780300075854
SN  - 0300075855
SN  - 0300075863
SN  - 9780300075861
KW  - Perceval : (Legendary character) : Romances.
KW  - Perceval : (Legendary character)
KW  - Romances : Translations into English.
KW  - Arthurian romances.
KW  - Grail : Legends.
KW  - Cycle d'Arthur.
KW  - Graal : Légendes.
KW  - POETRY : Continental European.
KW  - FICTION : Classics.
KW  - Arthurian romances
KW  - Grail
KW  - Romances
KW  - Legends
KW  - Translations
ER  -