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German romance. Volume VI, Wigamur /
<I>Wigamur</I> is an anonymously-authored, thirteenth-century Middle High German romance about a king's son who is lost to his parents in infancy. The eponymous hero, after being carried off in childhood by a mermaid, rescues an eagle which becomes his constant companion; in subsequ...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
D.S. Brewer/Boydell & Brewer,
2015.
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| Collection: | Arthurian archives ;
XXI. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | <I>Wigamur</I> is an anonymously-authored, thirteenth-century Middle High German romance about a king's son who is lost to his parents in infancy. The eponymous hero, after being carried off in childhood by a mermaid, rescues an eagle which becomes his constant companion; in subsequent adventures he also rescues a maiden, becomes a Knight of the Round Table, and finally confronts a knight who of course proves to be his father, from whom he inherits a kingdom. The romance is perhaps the most most fully realized example of the Fair Unknown, or Bel Inconnu, motif in both the German and larger European Arthurian traditions.<BR> Owng in part to the lack of an English translation, unlike other contemporary German romances, <I>Wigamur</I> has been comparatively little studied. This volume aimsto fill this need. It presents an edition of the text ( based on the only complete manuscript, Wolffenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 51.2. Aug. 4 (W), dating from the last half of thefifteenth century), accompanied by facing translation, notes, and introduction.<BR><BR> Joseph M. Sullivan is an Associate Professor of German at the University of Oklahoma.<BR><BR> |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1782046321 9781782046325 |
| ISSN: | 1463-6670 ; |