Perceval/Parzival A Casebook

This volume in the Arthurian Characters and Themes series treats the fascinating character of Perceval (or Parzival), the naive and flawed but gifted youth who becomes the Grail hero in some texts and yet is eclipsed in others by Galahad. Concentrating on medieval and modern literature, film, and Wagnerian opera, the book gathers both classic studies and new essays commissioned for this volume. Also includes eight musical examples.

Series Preface Norris J. Lacy Introduction Arthur Groos & Norris J. Lacy Bibliography 1. Donald Maddox: "Rexque futurus: The Anterior Order in Le Conte du graal" 2. Norris J. Lacy: "Perlesvaus and the Perceval Palimpest" 3. Brynley Roberts: "Peredur Son of Efrawg 4. Arthur Groos, "Dialogic Transpositions: The Grail Hero Wins a Wife" 5. Wolfgang Mohr: "Parzival's Knightly Guilt" 6. Dennis Green: "Parzival's Failures (Books V and VII) 7. Marianne Wynn: "Parzival and Gawan: Hero and Counterpart" 8. L. P. Johnson: "The Grail Question in Wolfram and Elsewhere" 9. Marianne E. Kalinke: "The Saga of Perceval the Kinght" 10. Caroline Eckhardt: "Arthurian Comedy: The Simpleton-Hero in Sir Perceval of Galles" 11. Dhira B. Mahoney: "Mallory's Percivale: A Case of Competing Genealogies?" 12. Alan Lupack: "Perceval's 'Very Secondary Position' in Victorian Literature and Beyond" 13. Carl Dahlhaus: "Parsifal" 14. Kevin J. Harty: "From Grail Seeker to Fisher King: Perceval on Film"

Arthur Groos is a Professor of German Studies at Cornell University