Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The problems of Spielmannsepik and Brautwerbungsepik. Genre and medieval literature ; The origens of the cateogry Spielmannsepik ; Spielmannsepik without the Spielmann ; Brautwerbungsepik ; Solutions to the problem
  • Konig Rother: Rother and Dietrich. Rother ; Dietrich ; Rother again ; Conclusion
  • Salman und Morolf: Salme and Morolf. Salm, the danger of love, and the drive of the narrative ; Morolf, practical knowledge, and normative behaviour ; Conclusion
  • The Munchner Oswald: saint and king. Lives of St Oswald ; Chastity and kingship ; Problems of interpretation in the Munchner Oswald ; Oswald's raven ; Conclusion
  • Grauer Rock: Orendel and the Grey Robe. Grauer Rock and the tunica inconsutilis ; Robe and man: a relationship of indexicality?BrautwerbungsepikOrendel and the Holy Grave ; Conclusion: the reception of Grauer Rock
  • Conclusion.