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La Queste del Saint Graal is one of the best-known and most important of the medieval Grail Romances, being the first text to portray the character of Galahad the «perfect» knight, and the earliest extant version of the tale to attempt to fuse the dual tradition associated with the Grail: pseudo-Celtic and Christian. However, it is often considered a difficult text, containing passages of dense metaphor and a seemingly disjointed plot. This study explains the link between metaphor and structure within the text, by means of detailed analysis of certain key sections of the narrative, showing how the author has carefully constructed a hierarchy of characters. What also emerges is that the author places the reader in a position analogous to that of the questing knights, struggling to understand the adventures with which they are presented, and able to do so insofar as they have grasped the symbolic significance of earlier events in the story. The literary technique of structuring a text by means of metaphor is employed not only in La Queste del Saint Graal, but is characteristic of much medieval narrative: thus this analysis has implications for the interpretation of other examples of the genre.

Grail --- Arthurian romances --- Knights and knighthood in literature. --- Quests (Expeditions) in literature.

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Arthurian romances --- Grail --- Knights and knighthood in literature --- Kings and rulers in literature --- Quests (Expeditions) in literature --- Chrétien, - de Troyes, - 12th cent.

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Christian of Troyes --- Perceval (Legendary character) --- Arthurian romances --- Grail --- Knights and knighthood in literature. --- Quests (Expeditions) in literature. --- Perceval (Personnage légendaire) --- Cycle d'Arthur --- Graal --- Chevaliers et chevalerie dans la littérature --- Quête (Littérature) --- Romances --- History and criticism. --- Romances. --- Legends --- Romans courtois --- Histoire et critique --- Légendes --- Chrétien, --- Knights and knighthood in literature --- Quests (Expeditions) in literature --- History and criticism --- Chrétien, --- -Grail --- -Knights and knighthood in literature --- -Perceval (Legendary character) --- -Quests (Expeditions) in literature --- Quests in literature --- Gral --- Gréal --- Holy Grail --- Sangraal --- Sangreal --- Chalices --- Folklore --- -History and criticism --- Chrétien de Troyes. --- Chrestien de Troyes --- Christian von Troyes --- Perceval (Personnage légendaire) --- Chevaliers et chevalerie dans la littérature --- Quête (Littérature) --- Légendes --- Legends&delete& --- Romances&delete& --- Perceval --- Percival --- Parzifal --- Parzival --- Parsifal --- Peredur --- Parsival --- Perleuaulx --- Perlevaulx --- Perlesvaus --- Perceval (Legendary character) - Romances - History and criticism --- Arthurian romances - History and criticism --- Perceval (Legendary character) - Romances --- Grail - Legends - History and criticism --- Chrétien, - de Troyes, - active 12th century - Perceval le Gallois

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Hart, 't, Maarten --- Arthurian romances --- Grail --- Knights and knighthood in literature --- Quests (Expeditions) in literature --- History and criticism --- Legends --- Authors, Dutch --- -Dutch authors --- Biography --- Biography. --- -Biography --- Hart, Maarten't, --- Hart, M. 't --- Hart, Maarten 't --- Hart, Maarten 't, --- 't Hart, Maarten, --- Hart, Marten 't, --- Hart, M. 't, --- Hart, Martin, --- 960 --- Nederlandse literatuur --- schrijvers --- levensbeschrijvingen --- biographies et mémoires --- Arthurian romances - History and criticism --- Grail - Legends - History and criticism

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Old French literature --- Thematology --- Fiction --- Arthur [King] --- Map, Walther --- Queste del Saint Graal --- Grail --- Arthurian romances --- Knights and knighthood in literature --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature --- Quests (Expeditions) in literature --- Legends --- History and criticism --- Graal --- -Grail --- -Knights and knighthood in literature --- Quests in literature --- Gral --- Gréal --- Holy Grail --- Sangraal --- Sangreal --- Chalices --- Folklore --- Romances --- -History and criticism --- Legends&delete& --- Queste del Saint Graal. --- Quête del Saint Graal --- Quête du Saint Graal --- Saint Graal (Romance) --- Queste del S. Graal --- Lancelot (Prose cycle). --- Graal. --- King Arthur [Fictitious character] --- Grail - Legends - History and criticism --- Arthurian romances - History and criticism