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The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' <i>Perceval</i> at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the Grail. It was, however, far too attractive an idea to leave. Not only did it inspire quite separate works; his own unfinished poem was continued and finally completed by no fewer than four other writers.<br> <i>The Complete Story of the Grail</i> is the first ever translation of the whole of the rich and compelling body of tales contained in Chrétien's poem and its four <i>Continuations</i>, which are finally attracting the scholarly attention they deserve. Besides Chrétien's original text, there are the anonymous <i>First Continuation</i> (translated here in its fullest version), the <i>Second Continuation</i> attributed to Wauchier de Denain, and the intriguing <i>Third</i> and <i>Fourth Continuations</i> - probably written simultaneously, with no knowledge of each other's work - by Manessier and Gerbert de Montreuil. Two other poets were drawn to create preludes explaining the background to Chrétien's story, and translated here also a

Author

Chretien;Bryant, Nigel;

Publisher

Boydell & Brewer, Limited

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782048763

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Romance