ISBN: 9780217393546

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1917. Not … More...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1917. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE MYSTIC VISION IN THE LEGEND OF THE GRAIL Li preudons commencha la messe. Et quant il ot faite sa beneichon si prest corpus domini et fait signe a bohort quil viegne auant. Et il si fait sagenoille deuant lui. Et quant il i est venus li preudons li dist -- bohort vois tu ce que ie tieng. Sire fait il oi bien. Je voi que vous tenes mon salueor et ma redemption en samblance de pain. . . . Mais mi oeil sont si terrien quil ne peuent veoir les espirituels choses . . . lors commencha a plorer trop durement. -- Quests del St. Graal. THE MYSTIC VISION IN THE LEGEND OF THE GRAIL I The Grail quest is with us yet, as alluring and as illusory as at first, and the modern fellowship of the Grail, though composed not of knights but of scholars, is a large one. Perhaps the very fact that the questers are so numerous attracts new devotees. A problem which has so long interested so many must be worth solving, and as one after another the outer knots of the tangled skein are unravelled the chance of finding the master clew improves. It is not surprising that such a possibility brings newcomers to the task. It would probably be admitted by all workers in the field that any theory of the Grail story, its origin and meaning, will have to reckon with numerous features which not only do not fit in with the theory but are in real or apparent contradiction to it. But it may also be admitted that the professional entertainers, empty singers of an idle day, who gave to the story the literary form which we know, were neither theologians nor literary historians. Their verse was perhaps at the disposal of monastic patrons and so adapted to a special propaganda, but their minds were stocked with the common properties of story-telling, and their task was to incorporate a certain ... Lizette Andrews Fisher, Books, Fiction and Literature, The mystic vision in the Grail legend and in the Divine comedy Books>Fiction and Literature This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Columbia University Press in 1917 in 176 pages; Subjects: Grail; Transubstantiation; Corpus Christi Festival; History / Medieval; Literary Criticism / European / Italian; Literary Criticism / Medieval; Body, Mind & Spirit / Mysticism; Poetry / Continental European; Religion / Mysticism; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology;<

ISBN: 9780217393546

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either pa… More...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Books Literary Criticism~~General Mystic-Vision-in-the-Grail-Legend-and-in-the-Divine-Comedy~~Lizette-Andrews-Fisher General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Columbia University Press in 1917 in 176 pages; Subjects: Grail; Transubstantiation; Corpus Christi Festival; History / Medieval; Literary Criticism / European / Italian; Literary Criticism / Medieval; Body, Mind & Spirit / Mysticism; Poetry / Continental European; Religion / Mysticism; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology;<

ISBN: 9780217393546

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either pa… More...

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