Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Albrecht ClassenPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.558kg ISBN: 9781666917864ISBN 10: 1666917869 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 15 November 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: 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 AuthorReviewsAlbrecht Classen, in The Secret in Medieval Literature, explores the concept of the secret, a hidden world where things happen that are supposed to be removed from public awareness, from the knowledge of the uninitiated or protected from abuses by the masses. Specifically, in a wide variety of texts, including medieval classics such as the Lais of Marie de France and Wolfram van Eschenbach's Parzival, he studies the function of the secret as a narrative motive and not just as an explanation for faintly mysterious phenomena. This analysis of pre-modern literary works from the perspective of strange or inexplicable incidents and objects that move the account forward is a unique approach. It is not another book about religion, magic, or mysticism but rather a fresh look at what was considered privileged knowledge and how that knowledge alluded protagonists in medieval works. -- Connie L. Scarborough, Texas Tech University Albrecht Classen, in The Secret in Medieval Literature, explores the concept of the secret, a hidden world where things happen that are supposed to be removed from public awareness, from the knowledge of the uninitiated or protected from abuses by the masses. Specifically, in a wide variety of texts, including medieval classics such as the Lais of Marie de France and Wolfram van Eschenbach’s Parzival, he studies the function of the secret as a narrative motive and not just as an explanation for faintly mysterious phenomena. This analysis of pre-modern literary works from the perspective of strange or inexplicable incidents and objects that move the account forward is a unique approach. It is not another book about religion, magic, or mysticism but rather a fresh look at what was considered privileged knowledge and how that knowledge alluded protagonists in medieval works. -- Connie L. Scarborough, Texas Tech University Author InformationAlbrecht Classen is university distinguished professor of German studies at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
