Karina Marie Ash

Conflicting Femininities in Medieval German Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Conflicting Femininities in Medieval German Literature illuminates anxieties about women's roles in society in light of lay religious movements during the High Middle Ages and explains how these anxieties are uniquely addressed in medieval German epics, legends, pastoral works, romances, saints' lives and sermons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9781409447498
• ISBN-10: 1409447499
• Artikelnr.: 45374660

Autorenporträt

Karina Marie Ash received her Ph.D. in Germanic Languages from the University of California in Los Angeles. She is currently teaching medieval German language and literature courses at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitÿt Munich.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Chapter 1 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? The Virgin
Mary in Priester Wernher's Maria; Chapter 2 Like the Virgin: Diu Vrouwe in
Hartmann von Aue's Gregorius; Chapter 3 Like a Virgin: Diu Maget in
Hartmann von Aue's Der arme Heinrich; Chapter 4 Oh My Man, I Love Him So:
Kriemhild in Das Nibelungenlied and Diu Klage; Chapter 5 Pastoral
Persuasion and Mystic Rebellion in the Thirteenth Century; Chapter 6 The
Champion of Profane Love: Herzeloyde in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival;
Chapter 7 A Martyr for Profane Love: Sigune in Wolfram von Eschenbach's
Parzival; Chapter 8 The Saint of Profane Love: Giburc in Wolfram von
Eschenbach's Willehalm; Chapter 9 Turning the Saint into a Lady: St.
Elisabeth in Thirteenth-Century Vitae; Chapter 10 Once I Had a Secret Love:
The Ideal Wife in Wigalois and Die Gute Frau; Chapter 11 Keeping Female
Religiosity a Secret in Der welsche Gast and Das Frauenbuch; Chapter 12
Taming the Champion: Herzeloude in Albrecht's Jüngerer Titurel; Chapter
13 From Martyr to Maiden: Sigun in Jüngerer Titurel; Chapter 14 Separating
the Saint from the Lady: Arabel in Ulrich von dem Türlin's Arabel and
Kyburg in Ulrich von Turheim's Rennewart; conclusion Conclusion;