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German Romance IV: Lanzelet [Hardback]
Kathleen J. Meyer (Editor)
Regular Price: £60.00
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ISBN: 9781843842668
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet, dating from the end of the twelfth century, is a verse translation into Middle High German of what was probably an Anglo-Norman romance, now lost. It presents the story of Lanzelet (Lancelot), but in quite a... .... Learn More
The Nibelungenlied [Paperback]
Cyril Edwards (Author)
£10.99ISBN: 9780199238545
Published by : Oxford University Press
A new prose translation of the famous medieval German epic poem. The introduction concentrates principally on the reception of the the poem, and its importance to nineteenth century romanticism and nationalism, and later to the Nazis. .... Learn More
Thomasin Von Ziclaria: Der Welsche Gast (the Italian Guest) [Paperback]
Marion E. Gibbs (Editor); Winder McConnell (Editor)
Regular Price: £17.99
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781580441452
Published by : Medieval Institute Publications
An English translation of Thomasin von Zirclaria's thirteenth century didactic poem, which meticulously presents the moral and ethical code by which the author urged his aristocratic audience to live their lives..... Learn More
Women and Marriage in German Medieval Romance [Hardback]
D. H. Green (Author)
Regular Price: £67.00
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ISBN: 9780521513357
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In contrast to the widespread view that the Middle Ages were a static, unchanging period in which attitudes to women were uniformly negative, D. H. Green argues that around 1200 the conventional relationship between men and women... .... Learn More
German Romance III [Hardback]
Cyril Edwards (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781843840848
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
A free Middle High German adaptation of Chretien de Troyes' Old French Arthurian romance, "Yvain", written c.1200 by a Swabian knight, Hartmann von Aue. German text with parallel English translation. .... Learn More
German Literature of the High Middle Ages [Hardback]
Will Hasty (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781571131737
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The emergence of a secular culture in the High Middle Ages saw positive value attached to the pleasures and loves of life in an imperfect and complex world within which we are still trying to assimilate ourselves today. In this, the third volum... .... Learn More
Das Nibelungenlied [Paperback]
Burton Raffel (Author)
£24.00ISBN: 9780300125986
Published by : Yale University Press
A new verse translation of the famous High German epic, which inspired Wagner and Tolkein among others. The translation retains the formal structure of the original, and a brief introduction traces the genesis of the Nibelung legend. .... Learn More
A Companion to the Works of Hartmann von Aue [Hardback]
Francis G. Gentry (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781571132383
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The eminently versatile Hartmann von Aue, whose most productive period was during the last quarter of the 12th century, treated a greater variety of themes than any other medieval German poet. This becomes evident in these eleven commissioned e... .... Learn More
A Companion to the Works of Hartmann von Aue [Paperback]
Francis G. Gentry (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781571134486
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The eminently versatile Hartmann von Aue, whose most productive period was during the last quarter of the 12th century, treated a greater variety of themes than any other medieval German poet. This becomes evident in these eleven commissioned e... .... Learn More
Re-Membering the Past: The Medieval German Poet-Minstrel in Cultural Context [Hardback]
Maria Dobozy (Author)
£51.00ISBN: 9782503515168
Published by : Brepols
Medieval minstrel-poets occupied an unusual position in society; normally born in humble origins and often dismissed as immoral and depraved, they lived a nomadic existence, moulding their songs, performances and behaviour to different patrons ... .... Learn More
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