UID:
almafu_9960118235002883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 292 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78744-502-X
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Content:
Drawing upon the most current methodologies, the essays in this book pursue the multifarious functions of end-times in medieval German texts.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Mar 2020).
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1: Thiu wirsa giburd: Cain’s Legacy, Original Sin, and the End of the World in the Old Saxon Genesis --
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2: The Heliand Revisited: Spiritual Transgendering and the Defiance of Evil --
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3: The Beginning of the End: Binary Dynamics and Initiative in Hartmann von Aue’s Gregorius --
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4: Poetic Reflections in Medieval German Literature on Tragic Conflicts, Massive Death, and Armageddon --
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5: Beyond Good and Evil: Apocalyptic Vision without Judgment in the Nibelungenlied. An Essay --
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6: End-Times in the Hall: The Modern Reception of the Apocalyptic Ending of the Nibelungenlied --
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7: Past Present, Future Present? Visualizing Arthurian Romance and the Beholder’s Share in a World That Refuses to End --
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8: Ich diene und wirbe / biz ich gar verdirbe: Lovesickness, Apocalypse, and the End-Times in Mauritius von Craûn and Das Nibelungenlied --
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9: The Slippery Concept of Evil in Hartmann von Aue’s Erec and Iwein --
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10: Wigamur’s Lessons on the Complexity of Evil --
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11: The Miracles of the Antichrist --
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12: Monsters and Monstrosities in the Pamphlet Wars of the Reformation --
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Notes on the Contributors --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-57113-989-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781787445024
