Andrea M. L. Williams: the Adventures of the Holy Grail: a Study of 'La Queste del saint Graal'.(Book Review) From: Medium Aevum | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: Kennedy, Elspeth | COPYRIGHT 2004 Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literature. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Andrea M. L. Williams, The Adventures of the Holy Grail: A Study of 'La Queste del saint Graal' (Bern: Peter Lang, 2001). 206 pp. ISBN 3-906766-84-5. Sw. Fr. 59.00/24.00 [pounds sterling].

Andrea Williams declares her aim to be the examination in the Queste del saint Graal of metaphoric structure in the form of an analysis of figural instances as part of a repeated pattern within a narrative framework that helps to define their significance. She points out that the Quest...

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