Inhalt: | The so-called 'historical' Dietrich epics, the thirteenth-century Middle High German heroic epics dealing with Dietrich von Bern (Verona), the corresponding saga of the Ostrogoth king Theoderic the Great, tells of Dietrich's warring conflicts with his uncle Ermanaric to gain the rule of Northern Italy. The monograph elucidates the text group (the flight epics ?Dietrich's Flight' and 'The Battle of Ravenna' and the associated epic ?The Death of Alphart') from the perspective of literary history "Die sogenannte "historische" Dietrichepik, mittelhochdeutsche Heldenepen des 13. Jahrhunderts um Dietrich von Bern, die Sagenentsprechung des Ostgotenkönigs Theoderich des Großen, erzählt von Dietrichs kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen mit seinem Onkel Ermrich um die Herrschaft in Oberitalien. Die Monographie versucht, die Textgruppe (die Fluchtepen "Dietrichs Flucht" und "Rabenschlacht" sowie das an diese angelagerte Sprossepos "Alpharts Tod") umfassend literarhistorisch zu erschließen.. - The so-called 'historical' Dietrich epics, the thirteenth-century Middle High German heroic epics dealing with Dietrich von Bern (Verona), the corresponding saga of the Ostrogoth king Theoderic the Great, tells of Dietrich's warring conflicts with his uncle Ermanaric to gain the rule of Northern Italy. The monograph elucidates the text group (the flight epics ?Dietrich's Flight' and 'The Battle of Ravenna' and the associated epic ?The Death of Alphart') from the perspective of literary history |
