UID:
almafu_9960117058602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (vi, 175 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-281-94983-3
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9786611949839
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1-84615-270-4
Serie:
Arthurian studies, 59
Inhalt:
This study shows how modern (including postmodern) adaptations of the Grail legend correspond to trends in the scholarly community and how the legend has been appropriated by competing world-views. There are three parallel trends in Grail scholarship and modern adaptations of the legend: controversy over Christian or pagan origins, secularization by way of humanism, and esoteric mysticism. These three trends reflect movements in popular culture. Relativism and multiculturalism influence Christian--pagan cultural conflict in the adaptations. Mythographers maintain the legend's appeal in a humanist culture by considering the Grail metaphor rather than material actuality; modern adaptations then transform the Grail from a particularly Christian symbol to one with universal application in an increasingly secular society. Modern esoteric spiritualities allow the Grail actuality with flexible meaning. This study, then, demonstrates how the Grail legend is transformed and adapted from medieval to modern cultures and continues to evolve today. JOHN B. MARINO is adjunct instructor, Maryville University and Saint Louis University.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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Chrétien de Troyes's Perceval -- The Welsh Peredur -- Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival -- Robert de Boron's Joseph d'Arimathie -- The French Vulgate cycle Estoire del Saint Graal -- The Didot Perceval -- The continuations of Chrétien's Perceval -- Perlesvaus -- The French Vulgate cycle Queste del Saint Graal -- Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur -- The Celtic pagan origin theories -- The Christian origin theories -- The mystery cult fertility ritual theories -- The influence of the Celtic pagan and mystery cult fertility ritual -- Origin theories on modern British and American Arthurian fiction -- The Christian Grail in modern British and American Arthurian fiction -- The origin controversy and cultural conflict in modern British and American Grail fiction -- Modern syncretism and the Grail -- Battle for the Grail: whose legend is it anyway? -- Tennyson, White, and following writers' humanist views of the Grail -- Skepticism regarding the Grail visions -- Psychologizing the grail -- Mythologizing the Grail and making it metaphor -- Grail quest as metaphor in twentieth-century British and American Arthuriana -- The power of Glastonbury and the reality of the Grail -- Esoteric knowledge and the mystery cult of the Grail -- Secret societies and conspiracies -- Alternative spirituality, self-realization, and a Grail for the new age.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-84384-022-7
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Anglistik
DOI:
10.1515/9781846152702
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