Medieval German literature : a companion / / Marion E. Gibbs, Sidney M. Johnson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974103603321
• Autore: Gibbs Marion E (Marion Elizabeth), <1940->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2001
• ISBN: 9781135956776; 1135956774; 9781135956783; 1135956782; 9781280407499; 1280407492; 9780203906606; 0203906608
• Edizione: [First paperback edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (472 p.)
• Collana: Garland reference library of the humanities ; ; v. 1774
• Altri autori (Persone): JohnsonSidney M
• Disciplina: 830.9/002
• Soggetti: German literature - Old High German, 750-1050 - History and criticism; German literature - Middle High German, 1050-1500 - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Garland, c1997 under title: Medieval German literature : a companion, in series: Garland reference library of the humanities, Volume 1774.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Abbreviations Used in Bibliographies in Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; THE MIDDLE AGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; A WORD ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE . . . . .; RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL GERMAN LITERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; The Franks and the Beginning of the Carolingian Dynasty . . . . . . . . .OLD HIGH GERMAN LITERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Translations and Works Related to Translating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Works Written Down from Oral Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; ; Christian Biblical and Church Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Lay Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Latin Literature on German Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Investiture Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; INTRODUCTION TO EMHG LITERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; BIBLICAL PROSE AND POETRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; THEOLOGICAL-DIDACTIC POETRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Salvation History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; The Proper Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; PERSONAL RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; HISTORICAL POETRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HISTORICAL BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; A Note on the Language of the Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; PRE-COURTLY EPICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; EARLY COURTLY ROMANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Eilhart von Oberge: Tristrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Heinrich von Veldeke: Eneide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; THE ~CLASSICS~; COURTLY LITERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .King Arthur and the ~Matter of Britain~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Chretien de Troyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Hartmann von Aue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Hartmann's Arthurian Romances: Erec and Iwein . . . . . . . . . . . .; Hartmann's Gregorius and Armer Heinrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Hartmann's Diu Klage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Gottfried von Straburg: Tristan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; Principal Trends in Tristan-Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Sommario/riassunto: Medieval German Literature provides a comprehensive survey of this Germanic body of work from the eighth century through the early fifteenth century. The authors treat the large body of late-medieval lyric poetry in detail for the first time.