The Quest Of The Holy Grail
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of medieval Christendom, where chivalry and divine mystery intertwine, The Quest of the Holy Grail presents one of the most spiritually charged adventures in Western literary tradition — the journey of King Arthur's knights as they pursue the sacred vessel said to possess miraculous, heaven-sent power. Written anonymously in thirteenth-century France and forming a central part of the vast Arthurian prose cycle known as the Lancelot-Grail, the narrative chronicles the divergent fates of the Knights of the Round Table — Galahad, Perceval, Bors, and Lancelot among them — each tested not merely by physical danger, but by the purity of their souls. The story unfolds as an intricate spiritual allegory, in which every encounter, vision, and hermit's sermon serves as a coded lesson in Christian virtue and the wages of sin. What distinguishes this work from mere adventure romance is its uncompromising theological seriousness; authored within a Cistercian monastic framework, it argues that earthly chivalric glory is hollow without divine grace. The anonymous author illustrates, with startling emotional force, the tragic irony of Lancelot — the greatest knight of the age — rendered unworthy of the Grail by his adulterous love for Guinevere, while the virginal Galahad ascends to near-mystical transcendence. Translated into vivid, accessible English for the Penguin Classics edition, this cornerstone of Arthurian literature continues to resonate as a profound meditation on sacrifice, redemption, and the human yearning for the sacred — leaving the reader to wonder whether any soul is ever truly worthy of the divine.
Author: Various
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of medieval Christendom, where chivalry and divine mystery intertwine, The Quest of the Holy Grail presents one of the most spiritually charged adventures in Western literary tradition — the journey of King Arthur's knights as they pursue the sacred vessel said to possess miraculous, heaven-sent power. Written anonymously in thirteenth-century France and forming a central part of the vast Arthurian prose cycle known as the Lancelot-Grail, the narrative chronicles the divergent fates of the Knights of the Round Table — Galahad, Perceval, Bors, and Lancelot among them — each tested not merely by physical danger, but by the purity of their souls. The story unfolds as an intricate spiritual allegory, in which every encounter, vision, and hermit's sermon serves as a coded lesson in Christian virtue and the wages of sin. What distinguishes this work from mere adventure romance is its uncompromising theological seriousness; authored within a Cistercian monastic framework, it argues that earthly chivalric glory is hollow without divine grace. The anonymous author illustrates, with startling emotional force, the tragic irony of Lancelot — the greatest knight of the age — rendered unworthy of the Grail by his adulterous love for Guinevere, while the virginal Galahad ascends to near-mystical transcendence. Translated into vivid, accessible English for the Penguin Classics edition, this cornerstone of Arthurian literature continues to resonate as a profound meditation on sacrifice, redemption, and the human yearning for the sacred — leaving the reader to wonder whether any soul is ever truly worthy of the divine.