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The very first direction in the old German poem of "Tisch-zucht" is to wash before coming to table; and in "Parzival," Gurnamanz specially inculcates on his catechumen the social duty of always thoroughly cleansing himself on laying aside his armor.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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"Parzival", which we know to have been written at this date.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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In the Wagner music at Baireuth, the singers take the good parts in turn, and the best prima donna, as Kundry in "Parzival," in one whole act has only one word.
Stray Thoughts for Girls Lucy H. M. Soulsby
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Gottfried von Strassburg's "Tristan und Isolde", the detailed and often magnificent descriptions of armor and dress to be met with in the epics of Hartman von Ouwe; it is wanting in the lofty philosophy of Wolfram von Eschenbach's "Parzival", and does not, as this latter, lead the reader into the realms of religious doubts and struggles.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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Miss Jessie L. Weston has given us an English version of Wolfram's well-known "Parzival", which tells substantially the same story, though in a different spirit.
Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914
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Though the Church made the attempt in "Parzival", it could never lay its hands so effectively upon this Celtic material, because it contained too many elements which were root and branch inconsistent with the essential teachings of
Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914
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So is the brief outline given by Wolfram at the close of his "Parzival".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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"Parzival," the story of the simpleton who overcomes doubt and temptation and ultimately becomes King of the Holy Grail.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Early in the same century the Arthurian metrical romance became known in Germany, and there assumed a more animated and artistic form in the "Parzival" of Wolfram of Eschenbach, "Tristan und Isolt" of
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Klingsor of Hungary, a descendant of the Klingsor who figures in the "Parzival" legend, Tannhäuser, Walther von Eschenbach,
Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884
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