Parzival
by Wolfram von Eschenbach · first published 1885
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…rigueur these days. > Can't some popular stories grow and evolve .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_von_Eschenbach#Parziva... One of my all time favorite European works is Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival. He wasn't the original author of the legend of Percival, and there were other versions after him. It evolved, but that process took centuries and imo was an organic development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival#Perceval…
on “Amazon putting a three-day pause on reviews for Rings of Power” ↗…died with it unfinished, but it nonetheless circulated, and there are no fewer than four "continuations," each quite clearly tied to the original; and further still, Wolfram von Eschenbach based his own Parzival (probably the greatest work of medieval German literature) on Chretien's work. The only difference in modern times is that we're often leaving the original author's name attached, which is, admittedly,…
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