Medieval literature on display : heritage and culture in modern Germany / Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sterling-Hellenbrand, Alexandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medievalism in literature--Germany.

Medievalism in literature.

Medieval philosophy--Influence--Germany.

Medieval philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiv, 228 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

"How is the medieval world depicted today? Two German museums serve as case studies for a vibrant, imaginative, and provocative enactment of twenty-first century medievalism: the Museum Wolfram von Eschenbach in Wolframs Eschenbach (1995) and the Nibelung Museum in Worms (2001). Emerging around the turn of the 20th century, the museums explore medieval German literature, cultural memory and local history. As the museums reconstruct and transform medieval narratives for the contemporary audience, they enact the process of medievalism: they reveal how memory, through the lens of the middle ages, shapes modern cultural identity and heritage. Medieval Literature on Display thereby contributes to important conversations about medievalism's role in constructing and affirming cultural identity, in conceptualizing and finding places for the future of the past. This unique book is vital reading for scholars of medieval literature and historians of medieval Europe, as well as scholars of visual culture and museum studies."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: Wolframs Eschenbach: A Statue and Story

Chapter 1: Medievalism and Memory

Chapter 2: Adapting Medieval Narratives

Chapter 3: A Knight at the Museum: Medieval Literature and/as Local Heritage at the Museum Wolfram von Eschenbach

Chapter 4: The Machinery of Myth: The Nibelung Museum and the Interrogation of Cultural Memory

Chapter 5: Presencing the Narrative Past: Old Structures, New Stories

Chapter 6: The Future of the Past: Medieval Literature on Display

Figures

Notes

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781350134676

1350134678

9781786736338

1786736330

9781786726278

1786726270

OCLC:

1128783939