Sebastian Coxon (Lecturer in German, Lecturer in German, University

The Presentation of Authorship in Medieval German Narrative Literature 1220-1290

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates medieval concepts of authorship with reference to German narratives written between 1220 and 1290. It combines analyses of literary passages (accompanied by translations) and manuscripts (including illustrations) to shed new light on the ambivalent status of the figure of the author in the Middle Ages.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 144mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9780198160175
• ISBN-10: 0198160178
• Artikelnr.: 21205118

Autorenporträt

Sebastian Coxon is Lecturer in German, University College, London

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Illustrations
* Abbreviations
* 1: Introduction: the Author in the Text
* Authorship at the Heart of Literary Tradition
* 2: Rudolf von Ems and the Art of Authorial Self-Reference
* 3: Patronage, Co-operation, and Artistic Self-Assurance: Aspects of
Authorship in the Narrative Works of Konrad von Würzburg
* Authorship on the Boundary with Orality
* 4: The Author Displaced, the Author Restored: the Case of the Later
Heroic Epic
* 5: Expansive and Cursory Presentation of Authorship in the Secular
Short Story
* 6: Conclusion: the Medieval Author in the Text
* Bibliography
* Index of Names
* Index of Subjects