Format:
1 Online-Ressource (78 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausgabe
ISBN:
9783110624403
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9783110678369
Content:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Wigalois: Exalting Female Devotion -- 3. Wigoleis: Mother Mary’s Maidens -- 4. Viduvilt: Mothers Seizing Power -- 5. Epilogue -- Bibliography
Content:
This publication uncovers two previously dismissed pre-modern adaptations of the Middle High German Wigalois (1215) by exploring their different approaches to female agency in comparison with the original Wigalois, the Yiddish Viduvilt (14th ct.) and the German Wigoleis (15th ct.). Traditionally, scholarship often concentrated on the Yiddish text presenting female figures as behaving in a "Jewish manner" or embodying famous Jewish mythical figures such as Lilith (see Achim Jaeger / Robert G. Warnock). Rather than trying to argue for or against a figure’s "Jewishness," I evaluate these interpretations from the perspective of Arthurian Literature by showing that the construction of female agency is at the center of all three adaptations of this important chapter of German-Jewish literature and culture
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restricted access online access with authorization star
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110621990
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Oehme, Annegret "He should have listened to his wife!" Berlin : De Gruyter, 2020 ISBN 9783110621990
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110624403
URL:
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110624403