This volume is a guide to medieval German literature from the eighth century to the fourteenth century. Chapters deal either with a chronological period or with a specific genre. Historical and cultural topics play an important role in each chapter.
"In the course of perhaps twenty-five years of creative productivity (ca. 1180-ca. 1205), Hartmann von Aue authored a dispute about love between the body and the heart, Die Klage (ca. 1180-85), numerous songs of courtly love, crusading songs, and most likely took part in a Crusade himself." "The essays in this volume, written by scholars from North America and Europe, offer insight into many aspects of Hartmann's oeuvre, including the medieval and modern visual and literary reception of his works. The volume also offers considerations of Hartmann and Chretien; Hartmann's putative theological background and the influence of the Bible on his tales; the reflection of his medical knowledge in Der arme Heinrich and Iwein; and a complete survey of his lyric production. Newer avenues of research are also presented, with essays on issues of gender and on the role of pain as a constitutive part of the courtly experience."--Jacket.
Gentry legt eine erste umfassende Bibliographie zur frühmittelhochdeutschen geistlichen Dichtung im Zeitraum von 1050 bis 1170 vor. Zu 85 Werken und Dichtern hat er zahlreiche, zum Teil schwer lokalisierbare Notizen, Artikel und Bücher bibliographisch erfaßt und damit das Gebiet für Literaturwissenschaftler wie Historiker erschlossen. Gentry bietet damit eine wichtige Arbeitsgrundlage, die es ermöglicht, die beschriebene Epoche in ihrer Gesamtheit zu erfassen.