The medieval German Lohengrin : narrative poetics in the Story of the Swan Knight /

"The tale of the mysterious knight carried across the water by a swan to the woman he saves and marries is one of the great narrative traditions of the Middle Ages. The version in the German Lohengrin (ca. 1300) is perhaps the most striking. It captures the imagination with the appearance of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Matthews, Alastair, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2016.
Series:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Subjects:
Lohengrin > (Legendary character)
Lohengrin.
Lohengrin
1050-1500
Knights and knighthood in literature.
German literature > Middle High German, 1050-1500 > History and criticism.
Littérature allemande > 1050-1500 (Moyen haut allemand) > Histoire et critique.
POETRY > Continental European.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
German literature > Middle High German
Knights and knighthood in literature
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Note on abbreviations, quotations, and references
  • Introduction
  • Wolfram and polemic: Lohengrin and the Wartburgkrieg
  • Wolfram and chronicles: Lohengrin and the Sachsische Weltchronik
  • Lohengrin's journey: identity in transition
  • Lohengrin's battles: seeing and hearing identity
  • Lohengrin's farewell: knowing identity
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Manuscripts
  • Appendix 2: Ottonian Germany in Recension A of the Sachsische Weltchronik: Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, cod. guelf. 23.8 aug. 4?

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