Alastair Matthews

The Kaiserchronik

A Medieval Narrative

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a narratological analysis of the Kaiserchronik, or chronicle of the emperors. The Kaiserchronik provides an account of the Roman and Holy Roman emperors from the foundation of Rome to the eve of the Second Crusade and was the first verse chronicle to have been written in any European vernacular language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 385g
• ISBN-13: 9780199656998
• ISBN-10: 0199656991
• Artikelnr.: 35483485

Autorenporträt

Alastair Matthews specializes in theoretical approaches to medieval German narrative literature. He was awarded his doctorate at the University of Oxford in 2009 and held a Junior Research Fellowship at Somerville College, where he examined concepts of character and the self in Middle High German texts. He is currently a Theodor Heuss Research Fellow at the University of Bonn, where he is working on a study of Lohengrin, and is also an active translator.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations, Translations, References
1: Introduction
2: Time, Place, and Space: Constantine the Great
3: Motivation: Charlemagne
4: Perspective: Otto the Great
5: Strands and Embedding: Henry IV and Godfrey of Bouillon
6: Conclusion
References