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

• Autore: Gibbs Marion E (Marion Elizabeth), <1940->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2001
• Edizione: First paperback edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (472 p.)
• Disciplina: 830.9/002
• Soggetto topico: German literature - Old High German, 750-1050 - History and criticism; German literature - Middle High German, 1050-1500 - History and criticism
• Altri autori: JohnsonSidney M
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Medieval German literature
• ISBN: 1-135-95677-4; 1-135-95678-2; 1-280-40749-2; 0-203-90660-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818904203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Garland reference library of the humanities ; ; v. 1774.