Sexual violence and rape in the Middle Ages : critical discourse in premodern German and European literature / Albrecht Classen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Classen, Albrecht.

Series:

Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ; 7.

Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

German literature.

Rape in literature.

Women in literature.

Violence in literature.

German literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Europe--History and criticism.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern.

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Europe.

Physical Description:

vi, 272 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : De Gruyter, [2011]

Summary:

Classen (German studies, U. of Arizona) endeavors to "examine how violence and rape have been dealt with in the past, especially by medieval German and their contemporary European poets." He explains that such investigation has been done in English, French, and Spanish medieval literature, but that leaves plenty of unexplored literature rooted in western and central medieval Europe. The study includes such works as Hartmann von Aue's Erec, Henrich Wittenwiler's Ring, and late-medieval popular song poetry and heroic-epic songs. Among the themes: female suffering, fear of women, legal issues, young women and their families. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

Female suffering and rape in Hartmann von Aue's Erec

Nibelungenlied: a male poet reveals his fear of women

Date rape, or the breaking of a contract? the problematic case of Mauritius von Craûn: modern legal issues in a medieval context

Rape in medieval romance, with a focus on Heinrich von Dem Türlin's Diu crône

Rape in medieval Latin and middle high German poetry: with some reflections on Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina burana

Rape in late medieval mæren

Rape in the world of the peasant class in the late Middle Ages: Heinrich Wittenwiler's Ring

Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and other late medieval narratives: the suffering of young women within their families

Violence against women in late medieval popular song poetry and heroic epic songs

The critical treatment of rape in sixteenth century Schwänke literature: the case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff's Wendunmuth

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-268) and index.

ISBN:

9783110263374

3110263378

9783110263381

3110263386

OCLC:

711989003