Germanic

ISBN: 9781907975905
Published by : Legenda
Series: Germanic Literatures
Volume: 2
Why do queer bachelors and homosexual desire haunt the works of the German writer W. G. Sebald (1944-2001)? In a series of readings of Sebald’s major texts, from ‘After Nature’ to ‘Austerlitz’, Helen ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975714
Published by : Legenda
Series: Research Monographs in French Studies
Volume: 37
Stendhal's most independent heroines are usually disliked or marginalized by critics. However, when gender-neutral criteria are applied, Mina de Vanghel, Vanina Vanini, Mathilde de La Mole, and Lamiel can all be shown to enact ext... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905981830
Published by : Maney - Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
In contrast to the vernacular literary traditions of France, Italy and England, comic tales in verse flourished in late medieval Germany, providing bawdy entertainment for larger audiences of public recitals as well as for smaller numbers of i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843840213
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Although there were a number of outstanding women writers of the late middle ages, it was not thought that women composed lyric poetry. Albrecht Classen's careful investigation of archival material, however, proves this to be a misconception, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780268041083
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
Wolfram von Eschenbach's Willehalm was a 13th-century epic of conflict between Christian and Saracen at the time of the crusades. Highly popular among medieval audiences it survives in various forms. This study examines a rather unusual illustra... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780268041090
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
Wolfram von Eschenbach's Willehalm was a 13th-century epic of conflict between Christian and Saracen at the time of the crusades. Highly popular among medieval audiences it survives in various forms. This study examines a rather unusual illustra... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780859917933
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This volume presents the Middle High German text with facing English prose translation of the Arthurian verse romance Daniel of the Blossoming Valley . The introductory discussion examines the identity of the poet der Stricker, the poem's 13th-ce... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783484640153
Published by : Max Niemeyer Verlag
This collection of fifteen essays examines the use of spiritual and worldly themes in the secular and religious literature of the Middle Ages, especially in Germany. Subjects include the treatment of the ancient world in medieval legends, secul... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781900934008
Published by : Occasional Publications UPR
The Konradiner were the first non-Carolingian dynasty to succeed to the East Frankish throne, and at various points during the tenth century they held ducal office in Franconia, Lotharingia, Swabia and Alsace. The genealogical reconstruction o... .... Learn More