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From Ritual to Romance by Robert A. Lee, Jessie L. Weston is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is From Ritual to Romance about?
At the advanced age of 70, Jessie Weston, who had spent decades immersed in the Arthurian canon, wrote this relatively short book to attempt to explain the roots of the legend of the Holy Grail. She enumerates the seemingly inexplicable elements of the quest--The Fisher King, The Wasteland, the Chapel Perilous, and the Grail Cup itself--and ties them to the symbols and initiatory rites of the ancient mystery religions. She also attempts to identify the author and locality of the tale. Her thesis still inspires heated controversy among academics. It is also claimed that T.S. Elliot's The Wasteland was based on this book, although this has been questioned
Who reads From Ritual to Romance?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robert A. Lee, Jessie L. Weston
- Publisher
- Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Published
- 1957
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385093347
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Religion
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (16 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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