Perceval and Gawain in Dark Mirrors: Reflection and Reflexivity in Chretien de Troyes's Conte del Graal (Paperback)

from Shuffy2

This book is broken down into four chapters: Specularity and Reflective Sequences, The Hermitage: "He that adideth in charity", Gawain in the Galloway Borderland, Apotheosis and Relapse... with a conclusion, "Hide your good deeds from your left hand" and three appendices. I have to admit I am a b...

from vpfluke

This is a book about one of the Arthurian romances that seems parallel and distnt at the same time from those recounted in Le Morte D'Arthur of Mallory. Pickens uses the idea of mirrors and reflections to get underneath the main characters he hs chosen to foucs on, Perceval and Gawin. Lancelot is...

from vaniamk13

This is a scholarly exegesis of Chretien de Troyes' medieval romance Conte del Graal, supposedly the first Arthurian work, and first time the Holy Grail is mentioned in literature. Since my familiarity with the King Arthur/Grail myth is limited to the movie Excalibur and other such film and TV re...

from lpmejia

As a work of scholarly literary criticism, Perceval and Gawain in Dark Mirrors is meticulously well-researched and thorough. The end notes are extensive, as is the bibliography. As far as its thesis, which traces Arthurian influences in Cretien de Troyes' Conte del Graal, the author presents a cr...

from WhitmelB

To really enjoy this book you have have either just finished reading the Conte de Graal because you enjoy the Arthurian legends, just rediscovered the college book you kept for some unknown reason and it contains the Conte or you are determined to reacquaint yourself with Chretien's unfinished ma...