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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465026703321

Autore

Sterling-Hellenbrand Alexandra <1965->

Titolo

Topographies of gender in middle high German Arthurian romance / / Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-315-02336-9

1-136-70013-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Medieval History and Culture

Disciplina

831/.03209353

Soggetti

German poetry - Middle High German, 1050-1500 - History and criticism

Epic poetry, German - History and criticism

Arthurian romances - History and criticism

Masculinity in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2001 by Garland Publishing, Inc."--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Cultural Topography and Arthurian Romance; Introduction; Cultural Topography; Romance Space; Gender Topographies; The Reality of Courtly Romance; The Experiment of Fiction; The Gender Question; Gender, Romance, and the Issue of Space; 2. The Topography of Hartmann von Aue:Negotiating Spaces and Power in Erec and Iwein; Erec: ""wan bî den liuten ist sô guot""; Iwein: A Woman's Place Is Her Castle; 3. The Topography of Wolfram von Eschenbach:Spaces of ""Becoming"" and ""Being"" in Parzival

Wolfram's Reaction to HartmannWolfram's Worlds; The Orient; The Courtly (Arthurian) World; The Grail World; 4. The Topography of Gottfried von Strassburg:Places to Play in Tristan; Gottfried and His Contemporaries; A Place for Noble Hearts; ""Real"" Places; The Forest Transformed; Ireland: A Mother's Place, An Other Space; Cornwall: A Place for Two to Play; ""ein man mit muote""; 5. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the metaphor of topography as a mechanism for



the inscription of gender roles in Arthurian romance.