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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbs, Marion E. (Marion Elizabeth), 1940-

Contributor:

Johnson, Sidney M.

Series:

Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 1774.

Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 1774

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--Old High German, 750-1050--History and criticism.

German literature.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 p.)

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Other Title:

Medieval German literature : a companion.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Garland, c1997 under title: Medieval German literature : a companion, in series: Garland reference library of the humanities, Volume 1774.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781135956776

1135956774

9781135956783

1135956782

9781280407499

1280407492

9780203906606

0203906608

OCLC:

51552210