| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages) |
| Series |
Pocket Essentials S |
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Pocket Essentials S
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| Contents |
Contents; Introduction; The Magical Vessel; The Cup of Christ; Glastonbury and the Grail; Arthur and the Holy Grail; Grail Mysteries; The Grail Revival; A Modern Obsession; The Cinema of the Grail; Bibliography; Websites |
| Summary |
Charting the emergence of the story of the Grail offers a revealing insight into the cultural shift from Celtic paganism to the emergence and domination of Christianity in Western Europe. The influence of Eastern mysticism emerges in the Grail romances as a result of the medieval crusades with its clash of cultures and subsequent cross-pollination of ideas. The Grail has come to symbolise the ultimate achievement in the modern mind and it became an object of fascination for the psychologist Carl Jung and the poet TS Eliot. Wagner, William Blake and the Pre-Raphaelites are just some of the arti |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781433703447 |
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1433703440 |
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