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Imagining the text : ekphrasis and envisioning courtly identity in Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois / by James H. Brown.
Van Pelt Library PT1679.W8 A7533 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, James H., 1968- author.
- Series:
- Visualising the Middle Ages ; v. 10.
- Visualising the Middle Ages ; volume 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wirnt, von Grafenberg, active 13th century. Wigalois.
- Wirnt.
- Wirnt, von Grafenberg, active 13th century. Wigalois--Illustrations.
- Ekphrasis.
- Knights and knighthood in literature.
- Guinglain (Legendary character)--Romances--History and criticism.
- Guinglain.
- Guinglain (Legendary character).
- Romances.
- Arthurian romances--History and criticism.
- Arthurian romances.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 279 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
- Summary:
- James Brown examines ekphrasis-the verbal representation of a visual representation-in Wirnt von Gravenberg's thirteenth-century Arthurian romance Wigalois, one of the most popular and enduring stories in the Middle High German literary tradition. Through close reading of the text and examining illustrated Wigalois manuscripts, early print editions, and frescoes, Brown explores how ekphrasis structures the narrative, harmonizes potential conflicts in the text, and contributes to the construction of courtly identity. Imagining the Text demonstrates that the vibrant symbiosis of word and image is crucial to the poem's sustained popularity for more than six hundred years, and contributes to the history of the book and to the study of medieval and modern modes of perception.
- Contents:
- The imagining in the text
- Ekphrasis as a structuring device
- Ekphrasis as an integrative device
- Ekphrasis and courtly identity
- Ekphrasis and visualization strategies in the illustrated Wigalois manuscripts
- Re-imagining narrative in Wigoleis vom Rade
- Literature and legitimization : the Wigalois frescoes at Runkelstein Castle.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004269187
- 9004269185
- OCLC:
- 933218463
- Publisher Number:
- 9789004269187
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