{"product_id":"medieval-listening-and-reading-the-primary-reception-of-german-literature-800-1300-paperback-9780521020886","title":"Medieval Listening and Reading; The Primary Reception of German Literature 800–1300 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521020886","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMedieval Listening and Reading\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Primary Reception of German Literature 800–1300\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the first five hundred years of German literature (800–1300) and how it was received by contemporaries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDennis Howard Green (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521020886, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 October 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e500 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15 x 2.9 cm, 0.752 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Admirable … a very complex, well-researched and absorbing book … highly recommended.' Icarus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis new study brings recent scholarly debates on oral cultures and literate societies to bear on the earliest recorded literature in German (800–1300). It considers the criteria for assessing what works were destined for listeners, what examples anticipated readers, and how far both modes of reception could apply to one work. The opening chapters review previous scholarship, and the introduction of writing into preliterate Germany. The core of the book presents lexical and non-lexical evidence for the different modes of reception, taken from the whole spectrum of genres, from dance songs to liturgy, from drama and heroic literature to the court narrative and lyric poetry. The social contexts of reception and the physical process of reading books are also considered. Two concluding chapters explore the literary and historical implications of the slow interpenetration of orality and literacy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Preliminary Problems: 1. Orality and writing\u003cbr\u003e 2. The historical background\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Three Modes of Reception: 3. Criteria for reception by hearing\u003cbr\u003e 4. Survey of reception by hearing\u003cbr\u003e 5. Criteria for reception by reading\u003cbr\u003e 6. Survey of reception by reading\u003cbr\u003e 7. Criteria for the intermediate mode of reception\u003cbr\u003e 8. Survey of the intermediate mode of reception\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Conclusions: 9. Literacy, history and fiction\u003cbr\u003e 10. Recital and reading in their historical context\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographic index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005908439320,"sku":"9780521020886","price":44.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521020886i.jpg?v=1694963484","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/medieval-listening-and-reading-the-primary-reception-of-german-literature-800-1300-paperback-9780521020886","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}