The Grail Theme in Twentieth-Century Literature: Critical Essay by Raymond H. Thompson

SOURCE: Thompson, Raymond H. “The Grail in Modern Fiction: Sacred Symbol in a Secular Age.” In The Grail: A Casebook, edited by Dhira B. Mahoney, pp. 545-60. New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 2000.

In the following essay, Thompson discusses the use of the Grail motif in modern fiction, including a brief analysis of four twentieth-century novels.