04435nam 22006854a 450 991100846110332120200520144314.01-281-77058-297866117705871-57113-637-110.1515/9781571136374(CKB)1000000000536403(EBL)3003580(OCoLC)923577121(SSID)ssj0000142330(PQKBManifestationID)12000836(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142330(PQKBWorkID)10092128(PQKB)10546881(MiAaPQ)EBC3003580(DE-B1597)676776(DE-B1597)9781571136374(UkCbUP)CR9781571136374(EXLCZ)99100000000053640320040108d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEarly Germanic literature and culture /edited by Brian Murdoch and Malcolm ReadRochester, NY Camden House20041 online resource (vi, 334 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Camden House history of German literature ;v. 1Studies in German literature, linguistics, and cultureTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Mar 2023).1-57113-199-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The concept of Germanic antiquity / Heinrich Beck -- Origo gentis: The literature of German Origins / Herwig Wolfram -- Germania Romana / Adrian Murdoch -- Germanic religion and the conversion to Christianity / Rudolf Simek -- Orality / R. Graeme Dunphy -- Runic / Klaus Duwel -- Gothic / Brian Murdoch -- Old Norse-Icelandic literature / Theodor Andersson -- Old English / Fred C. Robinson -- Old High German and continental Old Low German / Brian Murdoch -- The Old Saxon Heliand / G. Ronald Murphy.A collection of fresh essays examining the wide scope and significance of early Germanic culture and literature. The first volume of this set views the development of writing in German with respect to broad aspects of the early Germanic past, drawing on a range of disciplines including archaeology, anthropology, and philology in addition toliterary history. The first part considers the whole concept of Germanic antiquity and the way in which it has been approached, examines classical writings about Germanic origins and the earliest Germanic tribes, and looks at thetwo great influences on the early Germanic world: the confrontation with the Roman Empire and the displacement of Germanic religion by Christianity. A chapter on orality -- the earliest stage of all literature -- provides a bridgeto the earliest Germanic writings. The second part of the book is devoted to written Germanic -- rather than German -- materials, with a series of chapters looking first at the Runic inscriptions, then at Gothic, the first Germanic language to find its way onto parchment (in Ulfilas's Bible translation). The topic turns finally to what we now understand as literature, with general surveys of the three great areas of early Germanic literature: Old Norse, Old English, and Old High and Low German. A final chapter is devoted to the Old Saxon Heliand. Contributors: T. M. Andersson, Heinrich Beck, Graeme Dunphy, Klaus D©ơwel, G. Ronald Murphy, Adrian Murdoch, Brian Murdoch, Rudolf Simek, Herwig Wolfram. Brian Murdoch and Malcolm Read both teach in the German Department of the University of Stirling in Scotland.Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)Camden House history of German literature ;v. 1.Germanic literatureHistory and criticismLiterature, MedievalHistory and criticismCivilization, GermanicGermanic peoplesGermanic literatureHistory and criticism.Literature, MedievalHistory and criticism.Civilization, Germanic.Germanic peoples.830.9/001Murdoch Brian1944-153966Read Malcolm165513MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911008461103321Early Germanic literature and culture4396307UNINA