The Loly Grail: With introd. and notes by G[eorge] C[ampbell] MacaulayMacmillan, 1893 - 86 pages |
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Page xvii
... story begins with the adventure of the Siege perilous . There is no need here to press the symbolism very closely and to say , as has been said , that the chair fashioned and curiously carved by Merlin represents Knowledge and is ...
... story begins with the adventure of the Siege perilous . There is no need here to press the symbolism very closely and to say , as has been said , that the chair fashioned and curiously carved by Merlin represents Knowledge and is ...
Page xxix
... story , the legend of the Sangraal , in order that we may understand both Tennyson's debt to his predecessors and ( still more ) his originality . The cycle of romance which deals with this subject is the most interesting and curious ...
... story , the legend of the Sangraal , in order that we may understand both Tennyson's debt to his predecessors and ( still more ) his originality . The cycle of romance which deals with this subject is the most interesting and curious ...
Page xxxi
... story in its earlier form , represented especially by the poem called Le Conte del Graal , ( written by Chrestien de Troyes and others at the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century ) , by the prose romance of Perceval ...
... story in its earlier form , represented especially by the poem called Le Conte del Graal , ( written by Chrestien de Troyes and others at the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century ) , by the prose romance of Perceval ...
Page xxxii
... story agrees with the other ; and it shows the influence of the older versions not only in the prominent place assigned to Percivale , but also in the introduction of a Grail castle and a maimed King ( who indeed appears several times ...
... story agrees with the other ; and it shows the influence of the older versions not only in the prominent place assigned to Percivale , but also in the introduction of a Grail castle and a maimed King ( who indeed appears several times ...
Page xxxiii
... story . A sufficiently good idea of the contents of this romance may be obtained from Malory's Morte Darthur , which in books 13-17 follows it very closely . It may be briefly summarised as follows : - On the vigil of Pentecost , when ...
... story . A sufficiently good idea of the contents of this romance may be obtained from Malory's Morte Darthur , which in books 13-17 follows it very closely . It may be briefly summarised as follows : - On the vigil of Pentecost , when ...
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