Why Do Tristan and Isolde Leave for the Woods? Narrative Motivation and Narrative Coherence in Eilhart von Oberg and Gottfried von Strassburg
1987; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 102; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2905587
ISSN1080-6598
Autores Tópico(s)Medieval Literature and History
ResumoThe medieval versions of the Tristan and Isolde story differ in many ways, but they all agree in representing Tristan and Isolde as paragons of courtliness. Thus it is that no matter which version one considers, the episode they spend exiled in the woods stands in striking contrast to the rest of the work: their natural habitat is the court, not the forest. As the story is told by Eilhart von Oberg, the lovers are exposed for over two years to such brutal hardship that it is a miracle they do not die of hunger or cold (ETr 455980).1 In the corresponding episode as recounted by Gottfried von StraBburg, the lovers are transported to an allegorical paradise where they require no other sustenance than their love for each other (GTr 16807-46).2 In both cases, however, dissimilar as they
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