"Parzival" is one of the first tales in Arthurian legend that introduces the legend of the Holy Grail, and the story is very entertaining and exciting.Īfter leaving his homeland following his father's death, Gahmuret rescues Queen Belacane of Zazamanc from her enemies and marries her, but he abandons her to seek adventure when she is pregnant with their son, Feirefiz. Wanting to become a knight, Parzival leaves home and seeks adventure, gaining renown for his exploits, but after he fails to ask the Question of Anfortas, he begins his search for the Gral, which leads to many sorrows and misfortunes.
The complexity of Wolfram’s theme is matched by his eccentric style, which is characterized by rhetorical flourishes, ambiguous syntax, and the free use of dialect.Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach is the reworking and completion of Chretien de Troyes' tale of Perceval and the Holy Grail. Wolfram uses Parzival’s dramatic progress from folk-tale dunce to wise and responsible keeper of the Grail to present a subtle allegory of man’s spiritual education and development. Its beginning and end are new material, probably of Wolfram’s own invention, although he attributes it to an unidentified and probably fictitious Provençal poet, Guiot. Likely based on an unfinished romance of Chrétien de Troyes, introduced the theme of the Holy Grail into German literature. Though a self-styled illiterate, Wolfram shows an extensive acquaintance with French and German literature, and it is probable that he knew how to read, if not how to write. Wolfram’s surviving literary works, all bearing the stamp of his unusually original personality, consist of eight lyric poems, chiefly Tagelieder the epic Parzival the unfinished epic Willehalm, telling the history of the Crusader Guillaume d’Orange and short fragments of a further epic, the so-called Titurel, which elaborates the tragic love story of Sigune from Parzival. Parzival, probably written between 12, is a poem of 25,000 lines in 16 books.
1220), German poet whose epic Parzival, distinguished alike by its moral elevation and its imaginative power, is one of the most profound literary works of the Middle Ages.Īn impoverished Bavarian knight, Wolfram apparently served a succession of Franconian lords.
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