Parzival is a medieval courtly romance in verse by Wolfram von Eschenbach. It follows the Arthurian hero Parzival from boyhood through knightly adventures and his quest for the Holy Grail. This first volume contains Books I–IX in Jessie L. Weston's translation.
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Opening of the book
PARZIVAL VOL. I BOOKS I.-IX. PARZIVAL A KNIGHTLY EPIC BY WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH TRANSLATED BY JESSIE L. WESTON
VOL. I ANASTATIC REPRINT OF THE EDITION LONDON 1894. NEW YORK G. E. STECHERT & CO., 1912.
TO THE MEMORY OF
RICHARD WAGNER
WHOSE GENIUS HAS GIVEN FRESH LIFE
TO THE CREATIONS OF MEDIÆVAL ROMANCE
THIS TRANSLATION IS
DEDICATED
CONTENTS
BOOK
PAGE
INTRODUCTION
ix
I. GAMURET
1
II. HERZELEIDE
33
III. GURNEMANZ
63
IV. KONDWIRAMUR
101
V. ANFORTAS
127
VI. ARTHUR
157
VII. OBILOT
193
VIII. ANTIKONIE
227
IX. TREVREZENT
249
APPENDICES
289
NOTES
299
INTRODUCTION
Iƿ presenting, for the first time, to English readers the greatest work of Germany's greatest mediæval poet, a few words of introduction, alike for poem and writer, may not be out of place. The lapse of nearly seven hundred years, and the changes which the centuries have
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