Author: Robert G. SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
The Concept of Reht (Iustitia) in Early Middle High German Religious Literature
Author: Robert G. SullivanJustice and the Social Context of Early Middle High German Literature
Author: Robert G. SullivanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136708324
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book argues that far from preaching traditional, otherworldly ideals, the authors or these religious works were deeply engaged in the social, political, and spiritual issues that characterized the Holy Roman Empire at a time of radical transformation.
Loyalty and Riches in Wolfram's Parzival
Author: Randal SivertsonPublisher: Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes
ISBN:
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This study of Wolfram's Parzival concentrates on service for riches in medieval knighthood. The epic is interpreted as a conflict between reciprocal feudal loyalty and self-centered mercenary service. The actions of Gahmuret, Anfortas, Parzival, and Feirefiz are held up against the historical background of the crusades, where service for abstract ideals is undermined by service for material gain. Although the power of riches is subdued by the sword in the end, the author maintains that the Parzival is an heroic defense of feudal values in an historical state of decline. He also criticizes traditional Parzival interpretations based on the chivalric system of the virtues, religious didactics, courtly love relationships, and dynastic relationships.
Justice and the Social Context of Early Middle High German Literature
Author: Robert G. SullivanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136708251
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
This book argues that far from preaching traditional, otherworldly ideals, the authors or these religious works were deeply engaged in the social, political, and spiritual issues that characterized the Holy Roman Empire at a time of radical transformation.
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Abstracts of dissertations available on microfilm or as xerographic reproductions.
The Conflict of Loyalties in Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Parzival
Author: Randal SivertsonThe End-times in Medieval German Literature
Author: Ernst Ralf HintzPublisher: Camden House
ISBN: 1571139893
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Drawing upon the most current methodologies, the essays in this book pursue the multifarious functions of end-times in medieval German texts.
JEGP, Journal of English and Germanic Philology
Author: Gustaf E. KarstenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English philology
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Monatshefte
Author: A Companion to Middle High German Literature to the 14th Century
Author: Francis G. GentryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This volume is a guide to medieval German literature from its beginnings in the eighth century to the fourteenth century. It will escort the motivated student and colleague with interest in the European Middle Ages but no expertise in older German languages. The chapter authors, all internationally-known scholars, were given the freedom to arrange their chapters as they felt most appropriate, including the question of the terminus ad quem. Chapters deal either with a chronological period, e.g. 13th century, or with specific genres, eg. drama. In addition, chapters both on the historical epoch and on the development of the German language in the medieval period have been included. In general, historical and cultural topics play an important role in each chapter.