My purpose in the following pages is to examine the "Perceval" or "Conte del Graal" of the twelfth-century poet, Chrétien de Troyes, and to elucidate what I consider to be the meaning of the poem as Chrétien intended it. My conclusion, briefly stated, is that the poet has constructed his narrative s
Chrétien de Troyes.
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