French Literature Reviews - 2026

Agrégation 2005: La Queste del Saint Graal
Medieval and Renaissance Studies

La Queste del Saint Graal

17 studies compiled by D. Hüe and S. Menegaldo

· The Adventures of the Grail - E. BAUMGARTNER
· The Likeness of the Grail in the Queste - D. POIRION
· Celestial Chivalry: Spiritual Metamorphoses of the Secular Romance
· in La Queste del Saint Graal - N. FREEMAN REGALADO
· The Meaning of Sin in Old French Cistercian Literature - J.-C. PAYEN
· The Motif of Repentance in the Lancelot-Grail Cycle - J.-C. PAYEN
· The Cistercians and La Queste del Saint Graal - K. PRATT
· The Likeness and Limits of Man in La Queste del Saint Graal - P. COUPIREAU
· Galaad Figura Militis Christiani (Implicit Meanings in La Queste del Saint Graal) - R. A. BARTOLI
· Seekers of "Wonders": A Study of La Queste del Saint Graal - M. DE COMBARIEU DU GRÈS
· From Lost Time to Recovered Time (A Study of Time and Romance Structures in La Queste del Saint Graal) - M. DE COMBARIEU DU GRÈS
· The Hermits of the Grail Quest - P. JONIN
· Genre, Genealogy: The Story of the Three Spindles in La Queste del Saint Graal - J. LOOPER
· "Por coi la pucelle pleure": The Feminine Enigma of La Queste del Saint Graal - B. RAMM
· The Grammar of Dreams in La Queste del Saint Graal - G. MOIGNET
· "Voices" in La Queste del Saint Graal: A Grammar of the Supernatural or of Interiority? - C. MARCHELLO-NIZIA
· Between Sea and Forest: Spatial and Geographical Symbolism in La Queste del Saint Graal - S. MENEGALDO
· Ritual Piety and Personal Piety in La Queste del Saint Graal - O. ERRECADE
· Bibliography

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This volume compiles seventeen studies on La Queste del Saint Graal, compiled by D. Hüe and S. Menegaldo. The collection includes contributions such as The Adventures of the Grail by E. Baumgartner, The Likeness of the Grail in the Queste by D. Poirion, Celestial Chivalry: Spiritual Metamorphoses of the Secular Romance in La Queste del Saint Graal by N. Freeman Regalado, The Meaning of Sin in Old French Cistercian Literature by J.-C. Payen, The Motif of Repentance in the Lancelot-Grail Cycle by J.-C. Payen, and The Cistercians and La Queste del Saint Graal by K. Pratt.

Further studies in the volume include The Likeness and Limits of Man in La Queste del Saint Graal by P. Coupireau, Galaad Figura Militis Christiani by R. A. Bartoli, Seekers of Wonders by M. de Combarieu du Grès, From Lost Time to Recovered Time by M. de Combarieu du Grès, The Hermits of the Grail Quest by P. Jonin, Genre, Genealogy: The Story of the Three Spindles by J. Looper, The Feminine Enigma of La Queste del Saint Graal by B. Ramm, The Grammar of Dreams by G. Moignet, Voices in La Queste del Saint Graal by C. Marchello-Nizia, Between Sea and Forest by S. Menegaldo, and Ritual Piety and Personal Piety by O. Errecade. Readers interested in medieval French literature may find this work relevant.