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Ogling ladies : scopophilia in medieval German literature / Sandra Lindemann Summers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Summers, Sandra Lindemann, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German literature--Middle High German, 1050-1500--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- Voyeurism in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Gaze in literature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 174 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
- Summary:
- An analysis of medieval literature through an exploration of the female gaze.
- Contents:
- "A lady should never look directly at a male visitor": Thomasin Von Zerclaere
- "Wild glances": Winsbeckin and Der Renner
- "The woman behind the wall": Heinrich von Melk and Der Stricker
- "He was as handsome as he could be!": Male beauty and the ogling lady in the Eneasroman
- "The most handsome knight that ever lived": Female scopophilia in Parzival
- "Lady, you saw it with your own eyes!": Enite and the perfect female gaze in Hartmann"s Erec
- Knight or eye candy? The gendering gaze in Hartmann von Aue's Iwein.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-172) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813044187
- 0813044189
- OCLC:
- 806013200
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