The Arthur of the Germans

Silvia Ranawake and W H Jackson

Description

From the twelfth century onwards the legends of King Arthur and his knights, including the Tristan legend, spread across Europe, producing a vast range of adaptations and new stories. German and Dutch literature were of central importance in this expansion of Arthurian material from the 12th to 16th century. This title deals with this topic.

* Harry Jackson and Silvia Ranawake, Introduction; * Ingrid Kasten, The Western Background; * Silvia Ranawake, The Emergence of German Arthurian Romance; * Timothy McFarland, The Emergence of German Grail Romance; * Marion Gibbs, Fragment and Expansion; * Rosemary Wallbank, Three Post-Classical Authors; * Matthias Meyer, Intertextuality in the Later Thirteenth Century; * Mark Chinca, Tristan Narratives from the High to the Late Middle Ages; * Volker Mertens, Appendix: Arthur in the Tristan Tradition; * Volker Honemann, The Wigalois Narratives; * Elizabeth A. Andersen, The Reception of Prose; * Bernd Bastert, Late Medieval Summations; * W. H. Jackson, Lorengel and the Spruch von den Tafelrundern; * Bart Besamusca, The Medieval Dutch Arthurian Material; * John L. Flood, Arthurian Romance and German Heroic Poetry; * John E. Tailby, Arthurian Elements in Drama and Meisterlieder; * Alfred Thomas, King Arthur and his Round Table in the Culture of Medieval Bohemia and in Medieval Czech Literature; * James Rushing, The Medieval German Pictorial Evidence; * W. H. Jackson, Arthurian Material and German Society in the Middle Ages; * John L. Flood, Early Printed Editions of Arthurian Romances; * Ulrich Muller and Werner Wunderlich, The Modern Reception of the Arthurian Legend.

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• Medieval
• Germany

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 octobre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786837370
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 14 Mo

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O F T H E G E R M A N S

Statue of King Arthur at the monumental tomb of Emperor Maximilian I in the Hofkirche, Innsbruck. Photograph by kind permission of the Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum, Innsbruck.

ARTHURIAN LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES

III

T H E A R T H U R O F T H E G E R M A N S

THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND IN MEDIEVAL GERMAN AND DUTCH LITERATURE

edited by

W. H. Jackson and S. A. Ranawake

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PUBLISHED IN CO-OPERATION WITH

THE VINAVER TRUST

The Vinaver Trust was established by the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society to commemorate a greatly respected colleague and a distinguished scholar

Eugène Vinaver

the editor of Malory’sMorte Darthur.The Trust aims to advance study of Arthurian literature in all languages by planning and encouraging research projects in the field, and by aiding publication of the resultant studies.

ARTHURIAN LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Series Editor

W. R. J. Barron

I• •The Arthur of the Welsh Edited byRachel Bromwich, A. O. H. Jarman, Brynley F. Roberts (Cardiff, 1991)

II• •The Arthur of the English Edited byW. R. J. Barron

III• •The Arthur of the Germans Edited byW. H. Jackson and S. A. Ranawake

IV• •The Arthur of the French Edited byG. S. Burgess and Karen Pratt

V• •The Arthur of the Iberians Edited byDavid Hook

Further volumes in preparation

(Cardiff, 1999)

(Cardiff, 2000)

(in preparation)

(in preparation)

TheALMAseries is a co-operation between the University of Wales Press and the Vinaver Trust

Preface Acknowledgements The Contributors

Abbreviations

CONTENTS

Introduction W. H. Jackson and Silvia Ranawake

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Part One Reception and Appropriation: The German Verse Romances, Twelfth Century to 1300 The Western Background Ingrid Kasten The Emergence of German Arthurian Romance: Hartmann von Aue and Ulrich von Zatzikhoven Silvia Ranawake The Emergence of the German Grail Romance: Wolfram von Eschenbach,Parzival Timothy McFarland Fragment and Expansion: Wolfram von Eschenbach,Titureland Albrecht,Jüngerer Titurel Marion Gibbs

Three Post-Classical Authors: Heinrich von dem Türlin, Der Stricker, Der Pleier Rosemary E. Wallbank

Intertextuality in the Later Thirteenth Century:Wigamur,Gauriel, Lohengrinand the Fragments of Arthurian Romances Matthias Meyer

Part Two Continuity and Change in the Later Middle Ages Tristan Narratives from the High to the Late Middle Ages Mark Chinca Appendix to Chapter 7: Arthur in the Tristan Tradition Volker Mertens The Wigalois Narratives Volker Honemann

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ARTHUR OF THE GERMANS

9The Reception of Prose: TheProsa-Lancelot Elizabeth A. Andersen 10Late Medieval Summations:Rappoltsteiner Parzifaland Ulrich Füetrer’sBuch der Abenteuer Bernd Bastert 11Lorengeland theSpruch von den Tafelrundern W. H. Jackson

Part Three The Medieval Dutch Arthurian Material

12The Medieval Dutch Arthurian Material Bart Besamusca

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Part Four Other Literary, Pictorial and Social Manifestations of Arthurian Culture 13Arthurian Romance and German Heroic Poetry231 John L. Flood 14Arthurian Elements in Drama andMeisterlieder242 John E. Tailby 15King Arthur and his Round Table in the Culture of Medieval Bohemia and in Medieval Czech Literature249 Alfred Thomas 16The Medieval German Pictorial Evidence257 James Rushing 17The Arthurian Material and German Society in the Middle Ages280 W. H. Jackson

Part Five The Legacy

18Early Printed Editions of Arthurian Romances John L. Flood 19The Modern Reception of the Arthurian Legend Ulrich Müller and Werner Wunderlich

General Bibliography

Index

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PREFACE

When, some years ago, the Vinaver Trust considered revising the standard history of its academic field,Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages(ed. R. S. Loomis, Oxford, 1959), the authors of the opening chapters on Celtic texts were the first to be approached. Their feeling was that the passage of time and the advance of scholarship made necessary a more fundamental revision than was possible within the original single-volume format. The book had served several generations of students well, but the Trustees were persuaded that the time had come for a more fundamental approach to Arthurian literary history. ALMA, as it appeared in the Abbreviations to a hundred volumes, had reflected its editor’s professional interest closely and, even within the limitations of a single volume, given a rather narrow picture of Arthurian studies. Changing perspectives, the accumulation of scholarship and the more flexible technology of publishing now make possible a fuller record. The basis of the volumes listed on p. vi is cultural rather than purely linguistic, as more appropriate to a period when modern nationalism, and in many cases modern nation states, had not yet evolved. Each takes into account extraneous influences and includes some texts which the influence of the mother culture carried into the wider world. Each volume in the series is primarily addressed to students of the individual culture in question, but also to those of other cultures who, for the appreciation of their own Arthurian literature, need to be aware of the various expressions of the legend. With this dual readership in mind, the volumes aim to present the present state of knowledge as individual contributors see it, concisely expressed and structured in a way which, it is hoped, will help readers to appreciate the development of Arthurian themes within the particular culture. The contrib- utors also address the needs of specialist scholars by discussing current academic controversies, and themselves treating open questions of research. Within this remit, the editors have had complete control over their individual volumes. They themselves would admit that they have not ensnared that rare bird, the Whole Truth of the Arthurian legend, and that in time a new survey will be needed, perhaps on a different basis. But if, for the moment, they have allowed others to catch a glimpse of that universal phoenix, the Arthurian myth, through the thickets of academic speculation, they will feel that they have done what was presently necessary.

W. R. J. Barron