Medieval German Literature: A Companion (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)

Accessible to non-German speakersSpanning medieval German literature from the eighth and ninth centuries to the year 1400, this reference examines major literary works and is highly useful to advanced students of German, as well as accessible to non-German speakers. Covers poetry, dramas, mysticismThis volume begins by covering the Old High German and Early Middle High German periods and the flowering of courtly literature circa 1200, treating such writers as Heinrich von Veldeke, Gottfried von Strasburg, and the anonymous poet of the Nibelungenlied .A section on lyric poetry covers Minnesang, the religious and political poems of Walther von der Vogelweide, and the social satire of Neidhart. The book also traces the literature of the 13th and 14th centuries, including the beginnings of medieval drama and the heroic Dietrich-epics. A section on mysticism concludes with a discussion of Johannes von Saaz. Provides scholarly and reference informationEach entry lists manuscripts, editions, translations, facsimiles; describes scholarly problems, and presents a bibliography of secondary literature. The authors include a high proportion of works in English in the secondary literature, and have provided English translations for all German quotations. A chronological table of the more important works at the end of the book makes it easy to locate information. Chronology Accessible to non-German speakersSpanning medieval German literature from the eighth and ninth centuries to the year 1400, this reference examines major literary works and is highly useful to advanced students of German, as well as accessible to non-German speakers.Covers poetry, dramas, mysticismThis volume begins by covering the Old High German and Early Middle High German periods and the flowering of courtly literature circa 1200, treating such writers as Heinrich von Veldeke, Gottfried yon Strasburg, and the anonymous poet of the Nibelungenlied. A section on lyric poetry covers Minnesang, the religious and political poems of Walther von der Vogelweide, and the social satire of Neidhart. The book also traces the literature of the 13th and 14th centuries, including the beginnings of medieval drama and the heroic Dietrich-epics. A section on mysticism concludes with a discussion of Johannes yon Saaz.Provides scholarly and reference informationEach entry lists manuscripts, editions, translations, facsimiles; describes scholarly problems; and presents a bibliography of secondary literature. The authors include a high proportion of works in English in the secondary literature, and have provided English translations for all German quotations. A chronological table of the more important works at the end of the book makes it easy to locate information.

Both reference work and general overview, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of medieval German literature from the 8th through the early 15th century. The authors concentrate on the works of the late 12th and early 13th centuries--a high peak of the literature--and examine late-medieval German lyric poetry in detail. Also inlcludes maps.

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Covers German literature from the eighth and ninth centuries to the year 1400, providing information for advanced students of German and for non-German speakers by including the original and a translation for each quotation. Each entry lists manuscripts, editions, translations, and facsimiles; describes scholarly problems; and includes a bibliography of secondary literature, with a focus on English-language works. The sections discuss Old High and Early Middle High periods, courtly literature beginning about 1200, lyric poetry, the beginnings of medieval drama and heroic epics, and mysticism. Includes a chronology but no index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

It is an oversimplification but perhaps a helpful guide to divide the Middle Ages, as is sometimes done, according to social groupings: thus, the Early Middle Ages is described as the period of the monks, the High (middle period) as the period of the knights, and the Late as the period of the townsmen. Medieval German Literature provides a comprehensive survey of this Germanic body of work from the eighth century through the early fifteenth century. The authors treat the large body of late-medieval lyric poetry in detail for the first time. This comprehensive survey examines Germanic literature from the eighth century to the early fifteenth century. The authors treat the large body of late-medieval lyric poetry in detail for the first time.