Parzival: A Knightly Epic (vol. 1 of 2)
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About This Book
Composed in the early thirteenth century, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival is the re-creation and completion of the story left unfinished by its initiator Chrétien de Troyes. It follows Parzival from his boyhood and career as a knight in the court of King Arthur to his ultimate achievement as King of the Temple of the Grail, which Wolfram describes as a life-giving Stone. As a knight serving the German nobility in the imperial Hohenstauffen period, the author was uniquely placed to describe the zest and colour of his hero's world, with dazzling depictions of courtly luxury, jousting and adven...
Chapters (110)
- PARZIVAL VOL. I BOOKS I.-IX.
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- BOOK I GAMURET
- ARGUMENT
- BOOK II HERZELEIDE
- ARGUMENT
- BOOK III GURNEMANZ
- ARGUMENT
- BOOK IV KONDWIRAMUR
- ARGUMENT
- BOOK V ANFORTAS
- ARGUMENT
- BOOK VI ARTHUR
- ARGUMENT
- BOOK VII OBILOT
- ARGUMENT
- BOOK VIII ANTIKONIE
- ARGUMENT
- BOOK IX TREVREZENT
- ARGUMENT
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX A THE ANGEVIN ALLUSIONS OF THE 'PARZIVAL'
- THE ORIGIN OF THE HOUSE OF ANJOU
- GENEALOGICAL TABLE.
- APPENDIX B THE PROPER NAMES IN 'PARZIVAL'
- NOTES
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- BOOK III
- TRADITIONAL EVENTS
- BOOK IV TRADITIONAL EVENTS
- BOOK V TRADITIONAL EVENTS
- BOOK VI TRADITIONAL EVENTS
- BOOK VII TRADITIONAL EVENTS
- BOOK VIII TRADITIONAL EVENTS
- BOOK IX TRADITIONAL EVENTS
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- [Pg iv][Pg v]
- [Pg vi][Pg vii]
- [Pg viii][Pg ix]
- [Pg x]
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- [Pg xiii]
- [Pg xiv]
- [Pg xv]
- [Pg xvi][Pg 1]
- [Pg 2]
- [Pg 3]
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