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The knight without boundaries : Yiddish and German Arthurian Wigalois adaptations / by Annegret Oehme.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oehme, Annegret, author.
- Series:
- Explorations in medieval culture ; Volume 17.
- Explorations in medieval culture ; Volume 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transmission of texts.
- German literature--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- Yiddish literature--History and criticism.
- Yiddish literature.
- Guinglain (Legendary character)--Romances--History and criticism.
- Guinglain (Legendary character).
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : color illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
- Summary:
- This volume explores a core medieval myth, the tale of an Arthurian knight called Wigalois, and the ways it connects the Yiddish-speaking Jews and the German-speaking non-Jews of the Holy Roman Empire. The German Wigalois / Viduvilt adaptations grow from a multistage process: a German text adapted into Yiddish adapted into German, creating adaptations actively shaped by a minority culture within a majority culture. The Knight without Boundaries examines five key moments in the Wigalois / Viduvilt tradition that highlight transitions between narratological and meta-narratological patterns and audiences of different religious-cultural or lingual background.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Oehme, Annegret The Knight Without Boundaries: Yiddish and German Arthurian Wigalois Adaptations
- ISBN:
- 9789004472037
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004472037 DOI
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