{"product_id":"vernacular-literary-theory-in-the-middle-ages-the-german-tradition-800-1300-in-its-european-context-hardback-9780521341974","title":"Vernacular Literary Theory in the Middle Ages; The German Tradition, 800–1300, in its European Context (Hardback) 9780521341974","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVernacular Literary Theory in the Middle Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe German Tradition, 800–1300, in its European Context\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a critically acclaimed study of medieval literary theory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWalter Haug (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521341974, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 March 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e444 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.82 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'… it is to be hoped that this brilliant and lively book will quickly find a readership in related disciplines of study.' Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe first edition of this book appeared in German in 1985, and set an agenda for the study of medieval literary theory. Rather than seeing vernacular writers' reflections on their art, as found in prologues, epilogues and interpolations in literary texts, as merely deriving from established Latin traditions, Walter Haug shows that they marked the gradual emancipation of an independent vernacular poetics that went hand in hand with changing narrative forms. While focusing primarily on medieval German writers, Haug also takes into account French literature of the same period, and the principles underlying his argument are equally relevant to medieval literature in English or any other European language.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslator's preface\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the English edition\u003cbr\u003e Introductory remarks\u003cbr\u003e 1. The background: Christian aesthetics versus classical rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e 2. The problem of the vernacular: Otfrid von Weissenburg and the beginnings of literary theory in Old High German\u003cbr\u003e 3. Literature, allegory and salvation: theoretical positions in Early Middle High German\u003cbr\u003e 4. Religious adaptation of secular forms: the Rolandslied, Brautwerbungsepen ('bridal quests'), the Alexander romance\u003cbr\u003e 5. Chrétien de Troyes' prologue to Erec et Enide and the Arthurian structural model\u003cbr\u003e 6. Divine inspiration and the changing role of the poet in Chrétien's Lancelot and Cligés\u003cbr\u003e 7. Hartmann von Aue's fictional programme: the prologue to Iwein\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hagiographical legend or romance? - Hartmann's prologue to Gregorius\u003cbr\u003e 9. Wolfram von Eschenbach's literary theory: the prologue to Parzival, the metaphor of the bow, and the 'self-defence'\u003cbr\u003e 10. Wolfram's Willehalm: a return to historical romance?\u003cbr\u003e 11. Ethics and aesthetics: Gottfried von Strassburg's literary theory\u003cbr\u003e 12. The truth of fiction: Thomasin von Zerklære and integumentum theory\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Lucidarius A-prologue in the context of contemporary literary theory, and the origins of the prose romance\u003cbr\u003e 14. Magic, morals and manipulation: the emergence of the post-classical Arthurian romance\u003cbr\u003e 15. Rudolf von Ems' Der guote Gêrhart: a programmatic rejection of the correlation between merit and reward\u003cbr\u003e 16. Chance, fortune and virtue: Rudolf von Ems' Alexander\u003cbr\u003e 17. Wolfram's prologue to Willehalm: a model for later hagiographical romances\u003cbr\u003e 18. The new genre of love-romance: suffering as a way to fulfilment. From Rudolf von Ems' Willehalm von Orlens to Ulrich von Etzenbach's Willehalm von Wenden\u003cbr\u003e 19. Konrad von Würzburg: spellbinding artistry and individual moral action\u003cbr\u003e 20. Albrecht's Der jüngere Titurel: magic and moral code in the inscription on the hound's leash\u003cbr\u003e Concluding remarks\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e 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":46007107780888,"sku":"9780521341974","price":110.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521341974i_9a74547a-ffbc-4c9e-9563-9f3b96c014ba.jpg?v=1691375474","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/vernacular-literary-theory-in-the-middle-ages-the-german-tradition-800-1300-in-its-european-context-hardback-9780521341974","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}