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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818975203321

Autore

Murphy G. Ronald <1938->

Titolo

Gemstone of paradise [[electronic resource] ] : the Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival / / G. Ronald Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-045402-4

0-19-974759-8

9786611163228

1-281-16322-8

0-19-804183-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

831/.21

Soggetti

Grail - Romances - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Contents; Prologue: In the Beginning: Grails, the Grail, and the Stars; 1. The Idea of the Holy Grail; 2. The World of Precious Stones; 3. The Crusaders' Quest: The Holy Sepulcher; 4. The Frame Story: Feirefiz, Parzival, and Their Father; 5. The Frame Story Ending: The Overflowing Grail; 6. The Grail in the Inner Story; 7. The Paradise Altar of Bamberg; Afterword: Aftermath; Appendix 1: Etymological Excursus: The Meaning of the Five Women's Names; Appendix 2: Two Medieval Texts on the Consecration of the Altar and the Veneration of the Sepulcher; Select Bibliography; Index; A

BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting the story of 'Parzival' that was intended as an argument against continued efforts by Latin Christians to regain the Holy Land by force, the author reveals the secrets of the altar stone that inspired Wolfram's work in the diocesan museum of the German city of Bamberg.