by Chrétien de Troyes · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420636696
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«El Cuento del Grial» is the Arthurian novel by Chrétien de Troyes, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (255 pages, in Spanish).
Chrétien de Troyes began this novel around 1180 and left it unfinished, perhaps due to the author's death. In it, the Holy Grail enters literature as a mysterious element with enormous narrative potential, while Perceval trains as a knight and Gawain offers a worldly counterpoint, in castles and fantastical realms.
This edition belongs to the Biblioteca Artúrica, number 8707 of El Libro de Bolsillo, and includes introduction, translation, and annotations by Carlos Alvar.
Recommended for readers aged 12 and up who want to approach the Arthurian cycle and the literary origin of the Grail myth.
Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on Arthurian subjects such as Gawain, Lancelot, Perceval, and the Holy Grail. Chrétien's chivalric romances, including Erec and Enide, Lancelot, Perceval, and Yvain, represent some of the best-regarded works of medieval literature. His use of structure, particularly in Yvain, has been seen as a step toward the modern novel.
