The Holy Grail: the Galahad quest in the Arthurian literature

The Holy Grail: the Galahad quest in the Arthurian literature

Arthur Edward Waite

New Hyde Park, New York : University Books

The holy vessel and its literature. Some aspects of the Grail legend ; Epochs of the legend ; The literature of the cycles ; Further considerations respecting the several groups of texts -- The Holy Grail in its manifestation and removal. The keynotes of Grail histories and quests ; The institution of the hallows ; Variations of the cup legend ; The Grail vessel considered as a bowl of plenty ; The lesser hallows of the legend ; The castle of the Holy Grail ; The keepers of the hallows ; The pageants in the quests ; The enchantments of Britain, the times called adventurous and the wounding of the king ; The suppressed word and the mystic question ; The healing of the king ; The removal of the hallows -- The conte del graal. Preliminary to the whole subject ; The poem of Chrétien de Troyes ; The extension of Wauchier -- The conclusion of Manesier -- The alternative sequel of Gerbert -- In which Monseigneur Gawain is considered briefly as a companion of the Holy Quest -- The cycle of Robert de Borron. The metrical romance of Joseph of Arimathæa ; The lesser Holy Grail ; The early history of Merlin ; The Didot-Modena Perceval -- The vulgate cycle of the Holy Grail. The great book of the Holy Grail and, in the first place, concerning the prologue ; A new consideration concerning the branches of the chronicle ; The minor branches of the chronicle ; The vulgate Merlin ; The great prose Lancelot ; A preface or introductory portion appertaining to all the quests ; The quest of the High Prince ; The Welsh quest of Galahad -- Other and later texts of the Grail legend. The longer prose Perceval ; The Huth Merlin ; The prophecies of Merlin ; The Grail in the Tristram legend ; Sone de Nausay ; Vestiges of the Grail in Italy ; Spanish and Portuguese quests ; The Dutch Lancelot -- The German cycle of the Holy Grail. The Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach ; The quest of Kyot de Provence ; The crown of all adventures ; The titurel of Albrecht ; The Grail in desecration -- Welsh and English texts. The Welsh Perceval ; The English metrical romance of Syr Percyvelle -- Critical apparatus in respect of the Grail cycles: Celtic hypothesis. The antecedents of the legend in folk-lore ; The environment of the Grail literature ; The Holy Grail in the light of the Celtic church -- Further critical apparatus: the schools, the churches, and the sects. Chronological sketch of the critical literature ; The claim in respect of Templar influence ; The sects of southern France -- Further critical apparatus: the ritual hypothesis. The Grail and Eleusis ; The Grail and the mysteries of Adonis ; The Grail as a mystery of initiation ; Israel and its holy assembly ; Of spiritual alchemy ; Analogies of quest in Masonry ; The secret church of Eckartshausen ; Summary -- The secret of the Holy Grail. Later intimations of scholarship ; A further review of the quests ; A preliminary excursus concerning the great experiment ; The secret school ; The conclusion of this holy quest ; Epilogue.

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