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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790573903321

Autore

Summers Sandra Lindemann <1963->

Titolo

Ogling ladies [[electronic resource] ] : scopophilia in medieval German literature / / Sandra Lindemann Summers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013

ISBN

0-8130-6397-3

0-8130-6421-X

0-8130-4619-X

0-8130-4507-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

830.9/3538

Soggetti

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

Voyeurism in literature

Women in literature

Gaze in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"A lady should never look directly at a male visitor": Thomasin Von Zerclaere -- "Wild glances": Winsbeckin and Der Renner -- "The woman behind the wall": Heinrich von Melk and Der Stricker -- "He was as handsome as he could be!": Male beauty and the ogling lady in the Eneasroman -- "The most handsome knight that ever lived": Female scopophilia in Parzival -- "Lady, you saw it with your own eyes!": Enite and the perfect female gaze in Hartmann"s Erec -- Knight or eye candy? The gendering gaze in Hartmann von Aue's Iwein.

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of medieval literature through an exploration of the female gaze.