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Vernacular literary theory in the Middle Ages: the German tradition, 800-1300, in its European context

1997; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 35; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.35-2012

1943-5975

Walter Haug,

Historical and Archaeological Studies

Translator's preface Preface to the English edition Introductory remarks 1. The background: Christian aesthetics versus classical rhetoric 2. The problem of the vernacular: Otfrid von Weissenburg and the beginnings of literary theory in Old High German 3. Literature, allegory and salvation: theoretical positions in Early Middle High German 4. Religious adaptation of secular forms: the Rolandslied, Brautwerbungsepen ('bridal quests'), the Alexander romance 5. Chretien de Troyes' prologue to Erec et Enide and the Arthurian structural model 6. Divine inspiration and the changing role of the poet in Chretien's Lancelot and Cliges 7. Hartmann von Aue's fictional programme: the prologue to Iwein 8. Hagiographical legend or romance? - Hartmann's prologue to Gregorius 9. Wolfram von Eschenbach's literary theory: the prologue to Parzival, the metaphor of the bow, and the 'self-defence' 10. Wolfram's Willehalm: a return to historical romance? 11. Ethics and aesthetics: Gottfried von Strassburg's literary theory 12. The truth of fiction: Thomasin von Zerkl're and integumentum theory 13. The Lucidarius A-prologue in the context of contemporary literary theory, and the origins of the prose romance 14. Magic, morals and manipulation: the emergence of the post-classical Arthurian romance 15. Rudolf von Ems' Der guote Gerhart: a programmatic rejection of the correlation between merit and reward 16. Chance, fortune and virtue: Rudolf von Ems' Alexander 17. Wolfram's prologue to Willehalm: a model for later hagiographical romances 18. The new genre of love-romance: suffering as a way to fulfilment. From Rudolf von Ems' Willehalm von Orlens to Ulrich von Etzenbach's Willehalm von Wenden 19. Konrad von Wurzburg: spellbinding artistry and individual moral action 20. Albrecht's Der jungere Titurel: magic and moral code in the inscription on the hound's leash Concluding remarks Bibliography Index.