From Ritual To Romance

A study of the Grail legend explores the saga's Gnostic roots and its relationship to ancient nature cults that associated the physical condition of the king with the productivity of the land.

From Ritual to Romance is a landmark, intensely academic in its style, describing the Holy Grail legend. Anybody would be fascinated by the essay's examination of various folklore and Christian elements to provide parallels between the legend and certain cults' symbolism.

Published in 1965: In the following pages the author has endeavoured to give, as clearly and concisely as possible, a description of the literature composing the Grail cycle, an analysis of its content and a survey of the leading theories to which this perplexing body of romance has given rise.

Originally published in 1978, From Ritual to Record was one of the first books to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramatically different from the sports of previous eras, have profoundly shaped contemporary life.

Classic Literature An Academic Examination of the Roots of the King Arthur Legends From Ritual to Romance Jessie L. Weston From Ritual to Romance is a 1920 book written by Jessie L. Weston. The work is notable for being mentioned by T. S. Eliot in the notes to his poem, The Waste Land: Not only the title, but the plan and a good deal of the incidental symbolism of the poem were suggested by Miss Jessie L. Weston's book. Weston's book is an academic examination of the roots of the King Arthur legends and seeks to make connections between the early pagan elements and the later Christian influences. The book's main focus is on the Holy Grail tradition and its influence, particularly the Wasteland motif. The origins of Weston's book are in James George Frazer's seminal work on folklore, magic and religion, The Golden Bough (1890), and in the works of Jane Ellen Harrison. The book appears in the film Apocalypse Now (1979), among those kept by the character, Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, played by Marlon Brando, along with The Golden Bough. The book appears in the limited series Batman: Tenses where it is thrown in a fire by Ted Krosby before he kills his father.

In a world where women hold all the power, the only purpose for a man is to secure a good match and hope his "bed price" is high enough. Jorlan Reynard is chosen by the Marquelle Gree Tamryn, and, in a bold move, the powerful aristocrat marries him, offering him the security of her name and position. When a conspiracy arises against her, the Marquelle must summon all her influence to fight for their survival. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Turner looks beyond his routinized discipline to an anthropology of experience . . . We must admire him for this.-Times Literary Supplement

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