From Ritual to Romance - Jessie L. Weston

Category: Misc. Non-fiction, Spiritual & Religious
Language: English
Keywords: Comparative Religion Holy Grail King Arthur Medieval Mythology

Written by Jessie L. Weston
Read by Robert Frederick
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

In From Ritual to Romance, medievalist Jessie L. Weston proposes a radical understanding of the Holy Grail legends. Influenced by James Frazer’s “The Golden Bough”, she argues that ancient pagan rituals, brought to England by the Romans, were secretly kept alive through the tales of King Arthur and his Knights.

First published in 1920, this work has served as inspiration not only for fellow scholars like Joseph Campbell, but also for artists like the poet T. S. Eliot (in particular his poem The Waste Land) and the filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.

Length: 6 hrs 43 mins