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Jessie Weston

English scholar (1850-1928) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 78

Jessie Laidlay Weston was an English independent scholar, medievalist, folklorist and translator. Her work dealt mainly with medieval Arthurian literature, including the Grail romances. Her 1920 book From Ritual to Romance was cited by T. S. Eliot in his notes to The Waste Land.

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