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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318618318 Title: Gemstone of Paradise : the Holy Grail in Wolfram's "Parzival" Author: G Ronald Murphy; Oxford University Press Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN/ISSN: 9780195306392 0195306392 9780198041832 0198041837 OCLC:318618318

  
  

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Gemstone of Paradise : the Holy Grail in Wolfram's "Parzival"

Author:	G Ronald Murphy; Oxford University Press.
Publisher:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"The story of the Grail, usually identified as some kind of mystical vessel, has gripped the imaginations of millions since it first appeared in several medieval romances. Of these, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Middle High German Parzival (c. 1210) is generally recognized as the most complex and beautiful. Strangely, in Parzival, the Grail is identified as a stone rather than a cup or dish. This oddity is usually seen as just another mystery, further evidence of the difficulty of discerning the true sources of the Grail legend." "In this study, G. Ronald Murphy seeks to illuminate this mystery and to enable a far better appreciation of Wolfram's insight into the nature of the Grail and its relationship to the Crusades. Murphy explores what it signifies for the Grail to be a translucent gemstone and an altar made portable only by a woman. Wolfram's stone is a sacramental reference to the stone the Crusaders fought to obtain - the Holy Sepulcher. Parzival, Murphy believes, was intended as an argument against continued efforts by Latin Christians to recover the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem by force of arms. In Wolfram's story, warring Christian and Muslim brothers are brought together in peace by the power of Wolfram's Holy Grail - a stone Murphy believes still exists. This book appeals not only to scholars and students of medieval literature but to anyone who is drawn to the lasting mystery of the Holy Grail."--Jacket.  Read more...
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Subjects	Wolfram, -- von Eschenbach, -- active 12th century. -- Parzival. Grail -- Romances -- History and criticism. POETRY -- Continental European. View all subjects
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