The Holy Grail
imagination and belief
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Publication
2004 - Allen Lane, London ; New York, N.Y, England
Language
English
Word Count
115,750 words, Guess
Page Count
463 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveholygrailimagina0000barb_c5n5
- ISBN-100713992069
- ISBN-139780713992069
- Goodreads2853948
- Library of Congress Control Number2004381481
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2003056836
- OCLC Control Number54437971
- Better World Books9780713992069
- Open LibraryOL3354150M
Classifications
- LCCPN686.G7 B27 2004b
- LCCPN686.G7 B27 2004
- LCCBF1442.G73
and 1 more
- DDC398.4
Description
"Barber traces the history of the stories surrounding the Holy Grail, beginning with Chretien de Troyes, who in the twelfth century first imagined the famous scene in which a mysterious golden vessel adorned with jewels was paraded before the eyes of an untested youth. The author died before he could complete his tale, and the unsolved mystery of the Grail has haunted us ever since. By a long series of imaginative transformations, the grail has moved from the sphere of romance to religion, and in twentieth-century popular culture has become an emblem of mysticism and man's highest aspirations, intimately linked with the central ritual of the Christian faith."--Jacket.
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