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Parcival
Book • 1980
Written between 1200 and 1210, Parzival is a 16-book, 25,000-line poem that follows the hero from his boyhood to his ultimate achievement as the King of the Temple of the Grail.
The poem is a religious allegory that questions the value of an education based solely on the code of courtly honour and takes Parzival beyond the feudal world to a higher spiritual order.
It introduces the theme of the Holy Grail into German literature and is considered a climax of medieval Arthurian tradition.
The story involves Parzival's numerous adventures, his failure and subsequent redemption, and his eventual attainment of wisdom and the Grail.
The poem is a religious allegory that questions the value of an education based solely on the code of courtly honour and takes Parzival beyond the feudal world to a higher spiritual order.
It introduces the theme of the Holy Grail into German literature and is considered a climax of medieval Arthurian tradition.
The story involves Parzival's numerous adventures, his failure and subsequent redemption, and his eventual attainment of wisdom and the Grail.
