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Middle High German, ca. 1050-1450/1500

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  • Einführung in das Nibelungenliedby Nine Miedema

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 12.94

    Hauptbeschreibung Diese gelungene Einführung ermöglicht endlich ein umfassendes Verständnis des Nibelungenliedes. Sie bietet zum Einstieg eine kompakte Beschreibung der wesentlichen Inhalte und Personen und verortet das Werk in seiner Epoche. Anschließend werden die zentralen Fragen nach Autor, Überlieferung und Werkform beantwortet. Damit ist die... more...

  • Einführung in das Werk Walthers von der Vogelweideby Otfrid Ehrismann

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 12.94

    Hauptbeschreibung Walther von der Vogelweide gehört zu den herausragenden Autoren des Mittelalters. Seine Minnelieder und Sangsprüche sind ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil unseres kulturellen Erbes und bis heute grundlegend für jede Auseinandersetzung mit mittelhochdeutscher Sprache und Literatur. Otfried Ehrismann führt übersichtlich, kompakt und... more...

  • Helden ohne Väterby Stephanie Schommers

    Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 21.56

    Hauptbeschreibung Helden wie Tristan, Parzival oder der Artus-Ritter Wigalois teilen ein dunkles Schicksal: Ihnen fehlt der Vater. In der Gesellschaft des Mittelalters ein herber Mangel, spielt doch der Mann als Familienoberhaupt und Erbnachfolger eine zentrale Rolle. Auch die Literatur jener Zeit misst der Vater-Sohn-Beziehung große Bedeutung zu.... more...

  • Eine Kugel im Leibeby Wolfgang Matz

    Wallstein Verlag 2012; US$ 17.25

    Hauptbeschreibung Eine Neuinterpretation des intellektuellen Weges von Walter Benjamin. Jahrzehntelang sind Walter Benjamins Texte unter dem Aspekt des Gegensatzes zwischen materialistischem und jüdischem Denken diskutiert worden. Dabei wurde die einzige Sphäre, die ihm tatsächlich lebenslang gegenwärtig war, in der er "ganz zu Hause" war, beiseite... more...

  • Women Writers and National Identityby Stephanie Bird; H. B. Nisbet; Martin Swales; Theodore J. Ziolkowski

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 32.00

    Stephanie Bird offers a detailed analysis of the twin themes of female identity and national identity in the works of three major twentieth-century German-language women writers: Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Duden and Emine Özdamar. This book will be of interest to literary and women's studies scholars as well as Germanists. more...

  • Titurelby Wolfram von Eschenbach; Stephan Fuchs-Jolie; Helmut Brackert

    De Gruyter 2002; US$ 252.00

    'Titurel', a later offshoot of Wolfram von Eschenbach's 'Parzival', can be seen as one of the most enigmatic works in the history of German literature. With its highly complex form, the darkness of its language and imagery, and its fragmentary character, it is one of the most fascinating linguistic creations of the Middle Ages. This new edition, with... more...

  • Montierte Texte - hybride Heldenby Lydia Miklautsch

    De Gruyter 2005; US$ 168.00

    Considered by researchers to be typical post-classical adaptations of medieval narratives and of lesser literary value, the poems about the Germanic hero Wolfdietrich are among the ?best sellers? of the Late Middle Ages. The author investigates the reasons for their success and reveals that the popularity of the texts lies in their unique mixture of... more...

  • Leiden lesenby Katharina Mertens Fleury

    De Gruyter 2006; US$ 182.00

    This study isan analysis of the facets of compassion in Wolfram's Parzival, which was written at the beginning of the thirteenth century. In order to grasp the actual meaning of compassio during this time, the analysis of the epic poem is preceded by additional examples from the High Middle Ages. These examples consist of excerpts taken from clerical... more...

  • Der Marnerby Eva Willms

    De Gruyter 2008; US$ 280.00

    The edition combines the texts by Der Marner, in his time a highly regarded representative of early Sangspruch poetry, translated and exhaustively commentated, with all documents referring to him and all the texts by 14th to 16th century poets - mostly anonymous - who composed new songs using his melodies and his verses with their own additions. Using... more...

  • Parzival and Titurelby Wolfram von Eschenbach; Richard Barber

    Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 8.99

    Parzival is the greatest of the medieval Grail romances. It tells of Parzival's growth from youthful folly to knighthood at the court of King Arthur, and of his quest for the Holy Grail. Cyril Edwards's fine translation also includes the fragments of Titurel, an elegiac offshoot of Parzival. - ;Vast in its scope, incomparably dense in its imagery,... more...