Romance of the Grail

By Joseph Campbell, Evans Lansing Smith (editor),

Book cover of Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth

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The first collection of Joseph Campbell’s writings and lectures on the Arthurian romances of the Middle Ages, a central focus of his celebrated scholarship, edited and introduced by Arthurian scholar Evans Lansing Smith, PhD, the chair of Mythological Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Throughout his life, Joseph Campbell was deeply…

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When wanting to understand the legend of Parzifal and the Grail, you can’t do better than Joseph Campbell. 

Not only does he retell the legendary story in an engaging way, but he draws on the different versions of it with ease and grace to bring more understanding, meaning, and context to its place in our own narrative.  

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