Author: Randal SivertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
The Conflict of Loyalties in Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Parzival
Author: Randal SivertsonLoyalty 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.
Parzival V2 (p)
Author: Wolfram (von Eschenbach)Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826403469
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Parzival, an Arthurian romance completed by Wolfram von Eschenbach in the first years of the thirteenth century, is one of the foremost works of German literature and a classic that can stand with the great masterpieces of the world. The most important aspects of human existence, worldly and spiritual, are presented in strikingly modern terms against the panorama of battles and tournaments and Parzival's long search for the Grail. The world of knighthood, of love and loyalty and human endeavor despite the cruelty and suffering of life, is constantly mingling with the world of the Grail, affirming the inherent unity between man's temporal condition and his quest for something beyond human existence.
Gemstone of Paradise
Author: G. Ronald MurphyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199747598
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Presenting the story of 'Parzival' that was intended as an argument against continued efforts by Latin Christians to regain the Holy Land by force, the author reveals the secrets of the altar stone that inspired Wolfram's work in the diocesan museum of the German city of Bamberg.
The Kiss of Peace: Ritual, Self, and Society in the High and Late Medieval West
Author: Kiril PetkovPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047402243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This book reveals the social logic of the medieval rituals of reconciliation as showcased by the most potent rite, the kiss of peace. Ritual is presented as a contested ground on which individuals, groups, and political and moral authorities competed for and appropriated political sovereignty. The thesis of the study is that by employing ritual and bodily mnemonics as strategic tools, the forces of order and official morality strove to organize personality structures around a hegemonic value system. Researching three analytical fields—the legal bonds of peace, the emotional economy of ritual, and the building of identity—the book highlights the contents and evolution of ritual reconciliation in diverse cultural contexts in the period between the eleventh and the sixteenth centuries.
International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics
Author: Frank Pierce FosterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
Book Description
Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Parzival
Author: Henry KratzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
The Lives of the Novel
Author: Thomas G. PavelPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691165785
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, A 2013.
Parzival
Author: Wolfram (von Eschenbach.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Mythic Dimension
Author: Joseph CampbellPublisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577315944
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
These 12 eclectic essays explore the topic for which Campbell was best known: myth and its fascinating context within the human imagination in the arts, literature, and culture, as well as in everyday life.