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The forest in medieval German literature : ecocritical readings from a historical perspective /
By pursuing an ecocritical reading, The Forest in Medieval German Literature examines passages in medieval German texts where protagonists operated in the forest and found themselves either in conflictual situations or in refuge. By probing the way the individual authors dealt with the forest, illus...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Ecocritical theory and practice.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction and theoretical reflections: the Forest as an epistemological challenge in the Middle Ages
- Chapter One: Hartmann von Aue's concept of the Forest: the Arthurian adventure in the Forest and the consequences
- Chapter Two: the Forest as staging ground for the heroic protagonist: glory and demise in the Nibelungenlied
- Chapter Three: the Forest in Wolfram von Eschenbach's works: the passage from the Arthurian court to the Grail Kingdom through the Forest
- Chapter Four: the Forest in Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan and in alternative Tristan versions
- Chapter Five: the Forest in der Melerantz von Frankreich by the Pleier
- Chapter Six: the Forest as the transitional and transformative space in Konrad von Würzburg's Partonopier und Meliur
- Chapter Seven: the ambivalence of the Forest: exile or safe haven? the destiny of the female protagonist refracted in the Forest: Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken's Königin Sibille
- Chapter Eight: Forest in Thüring von Ringoltingen's Melusine: dark spaces, mysterious origins, meaningful connections: the Forest and the establishment of dynasties
- Epilogue
- Bibliography.