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The Holy Grail
Pocket Essentials 2006; US$ 9.99Charting the emergence of the story of the Grail offers a revealing insight into the cultural shift from Celtic paganism to the emergence and domination of Christianity in Western Europe. The influence of Eastern mysticism emerges in the Grail romances as a result of the medieval crusades with its clash of cultures and subsequent cross-pollination... more...
Arthurian Romance
Wiley 2008; US$ 57.95This witty and accessible book traces the history of Arthurian romance from medieval to modern times, explaining its enduring appeal. Traces the history of Arthurian romance from medieval to modern times. Covers art and films as well as the great literary works of Arthurian romance. Draws out the changing political, moral and emotional uses... more...
Gauvain, Gawein, Walewein
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 126.00The function of the figure of Gauvain underwent an historical change. As a courtly character in the classical romances, he reacted in the interests of Arthurian society to its deficiencies, so that the action provoked by the disturbances came to rest. In the later romances, a process of emancipation in the role of the protagonist sets in. The personal... more...
Das mittelniederdeutsche Theophilus-Spiel
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 210.00This publication of the three 15th century Low German versions of the play of Theophilus is based on the revised edition by Robert Petsch; the arrangement of the text makes it possible to read effortlessly in parallel the versions H and S used. Access to the original text is facilitated both by the facing translation, linked to a detailed linguistic... more...
Artushof und Artusliteratur
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00The court of King Arthur, the center of the Arthurian romances that were so popular in the Middle Ages, is illuminated anew in this book from an interdisciplinary perspective as an institution which is fictionally staged, stabilized and problematized. The book explores the forces, figures and positions that constitute or endanger the court as a picture... more...
Irony in the Medieval Romance
Cambridge University Press 1979; US$ 46.00Despite the fashionable standing of irony in studies of modern literature and its occasional application to medieval studies in a number of recent works, no sustained analysis of this phenomenon has yet been attempted for medieval literature. more...
Gualter del Hum ? Gaiferos ? Waltharius
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 112.00The title figure of Waltharius, an exclusive research subject of German Studies since the time of the Brothers Grimm, has become interesting for other philologies as well over the last 120 years, repeatedly in the form of ?border crossings?. However, it has been impossible to reach a consensus even in the most elementary questions. Romance Studies... more...
Artusroman und Mythos
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 182.00?Arthurian myth? is a frequently used term. But what is a ?myth?? The current discussion of the term in the field of German studies is here opened up to interdisciplinary consideration. Focusing on Arthurian literature, the volume considers which interpretation of ?myth? is appropriate to which phenomena. Both content-related and structural definitions... more...
Robin Hood
Oldcastle Books 2012; US$ 1.68Robin Hood is England's greatest folk hero. Everyone knows the story of the outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Nick Rennison's highly entertaining book begins with the search for the historical Robin. Was there ever a real Robin Hood? Rennison looks at the candidates who have been proposed over the years, from petty thieves to Knights... more...









