UID:
almahu_9949401862702882
Format:
1 online resource (167 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781846154362 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Arthurian studies ; LXII
Content:
Reappraisal of Wirnt von Gravenberg's 〈i〉Wigalois〈/i〉, showing how it confronts and takes issue with - rather than simply imitating - earlier German Arthurian romance.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2022).
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Contesting the canon -- The 'post-classical' challenge -- Wigalois: tradition and innovation -- Knights of fortune -- Fortuna's emissary -- The knight of fortune's wheel -- Saint and sinner -- The hero's descensus -- The father's rehabilitation -- Realism and realpolitik -- The last battle -- The matter of closure: Parzival and Wigalois -- Romance and exemplum -- The knight of King Arthur -- The place of Wigalois in German literary history.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781843840381
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781846154362/type/BOOK
