Albrecht Classen

The Secret in Medieval Literature

Alternative Worlds in the Middle Ages

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Produktbeschreibung

The Secret in Medieval Literature explores the many secret agents, actions, creatures, and other beings influencing human existence. Medieval poets had a clear sense of the alternative dimension (the secret) and allowed it to enter quite frequently into their texts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781666917864
• ISBN-10: 1666917869
• Artikelnr.: 64935920

Autorenporträt

By Albrecht Classen

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Secret in the Literary Discourse: The Challenges of
Medieval Literature for Post-Modern Readers
Chapter One: Marie de France: The Lais-the Mysterious Black Ship, and Other
Secrets in the World of Love
Chapter Two: Nordic Sagas and the Mabinogi: Secrets in Medieval Icelandic
and Welsh Literature or: The Appearance of the Otherworld in the Human
Context
Chapter Three: Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival-the Secret of the Grail at
Munsalvæsche, and the Secret Inscription on the Dog Leash in Titurel
Chapter Four: Heldris de Cornuälle's Roman de Silence: The Secret of Gender
Identity and the Secret of the Self: Nature versus Nurture-A Debate Raging
Already in the Thirteenth Century
Chapter Five: Secrets and Mysteries in the World of Heinrich von dem
Türlin's Crône: The Transformation of the Arthurian and the Grail Romance
Chapter Six: Secrets and the Secret World in Huon de Bordeaux Foreign and
Yet Not Alien: The Good King Auberon
Chapter Seven: Secrets of the Mystical World: Mysticism and the Absolute
Other in Divine Terms
Epilogue: Have We Now Found the Secret? Or are there no secrets?
Bibliography
Index
About the Author