This is Not a Grail Romance: Understanding Historia Peredur Vab Efrawc

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A new look into a classic medieval Welsh romance.

This book presents a fresh analysis of the medieval Welsh Arthurian tale, Historia Peredur vab Efrawc (Story of Peredur son of Efrawc). It explains the texts structure and provides new insights into its connection with its medieval Welsh cultural and political context, casting light on the relationship between this narrative and the broader European tradition of Grail romances.

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'Natalia Petrovskaia's thought-provoking and closely-argued monograph will dramatically change how we think about the medieval Welsh Peredur and about the vexed issue of its relation to Chrtien's Perceval. It provides convincing and innovative analyses of its narrative structure, and of its indebtedness to Welsh literary, legal and cultural traditions.'-- "Erich Poppe, former professor of Celtic Studies, University of Marburg"

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Natalia I. Petrovskaia is assistant professor in Celtic at Utrecht University.