02887nam 2200565 450 991081245940332120170822124304.00-7391-9519-0(CKB)3710000000422830(EBL)2068344(OCoLC)910964258(SSID)ssj0001499958(PQKBManifestationID)12617445(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001499958(PQKBWorkID)11515448(PQKB)10819061(MiAaPQ)EBC2068344(EXLCZ)99371000000042283020150622h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe forest in medieval German literature Ecocritical readings from a historical perspective /Albrecht ClassenLanham, Maryland ;London, [England] :Lexington Books,2015.©20151 online resource (255 p.)Ecocritical Theory and PracticeDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-9520-4 0-7391-9518-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction and Theoretical Reflections; 1 Hartmann von Aue's Concept of the Forest; 2 The Forest as Staging Ground for the Heroic Protagonist; 3 The Forest in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Works; 4 The Forest in Gottfried von Straßburg's Tristan and in Alternative Tristan Versions; 5 The Forest in Der Melerantz von Frankreich by The Pleier; 6 The Forest as the Transitional and Transformative Space in Konrad von Würzburg's Partonopier und Meliur; 7 The Ambivalence of the Forest: Exile or Safe Haven?; 8 Forest in Thüring von Ringoltingen's Melusine; EpilogueBibliographyIndex<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">The Forest in Medieval German Literature </span><span>analyzes the topic of the "forest" through some of the best and lesser known examples of medieval German literature, approaching them through modern ecocritical issues that are paired with premodern perspectives. This study allows us to understand how much medieval concepts of the forest can aid in a better understanding of human society and nature in its historical context.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>Ecocritical theory and practice.German literatureMiddle High German, 1050-1500History and criticismForests in literatureGerman literatureHistory and criticism.Forests in literature.830.9/002Classen Albrecht16691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812459403321The forest in medieval German literature4073721UNINA