UID:
almafu_9960117347902883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 540 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78204-371-3
Series Statement:
Arthurian Archives,
Content:
Erec is the earliest extant German Arthurian romance, freely adapted and translated into Middle High German by the Swabian knight, Hartmann von Aue, from the first Old French Arthurian romance, Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide. Hartmann's work dates from c. 1180, but the only (almost) complete manuscript dates from the early sixteenth century, copied into the huge two-volume Ambraser Heldenbuch, now housed in Vienna - the most comprehensive extant compilation of medieval German romances and epics, commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I. Otherwise, only a few earlier medieval fragments survive. Erec tells the story of a young knight at King Arthur's court, whose early prowess wins him high repute, and a beautiful wife, Enite. He falls into disrepute because of his excessively zealous devotion of his time to her. Alerted to his notoriety, he embarks on a series of symbolic adventures, which eventually lead to his achieving a new balance between the claims of love and those of society. Far more than a simple translation, Hartmann's first attempt at an Arthurian romance is notable for its zest and gusto. This is the first edition with a parallel text translation into English; it is presented with explanatory notes and variant readings. Cyril Edwards is a Senior Research Fellow of Oxford University's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, and an Honorary Research Fellow of University College London.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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""Frontcover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Erec""; ""I. The Stranger Knight and his Dwarf""; ""II. Coralus and Enite""; ""III. The Combat for the Sparrowhawk""; ""IV. King Arthur�s Justice after the Killing of the White Stag and Iders�s Arrival in Cardigan""; ""V. Erec�s Last Night in his Father-in-Law�s House""; ""VI. Enite�s Reception at King Arthur�s Court""; ""VII. Erec and Enite Marry""; ""VIII. The Tournament between Tarebron and Prurin""; ""IX. Erec�s Return Home; his Sloth""; ""X. Erec�s Fight with Robbers; his Harshness to Enite""
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""XI. Lady Enite�s Ruse""""XII. Guivreiz li Pitiz""; ""XIII. Erec�s Encounter with Kay""; ""XIV. Erec�s Encounter with Gawein; Morgan le Fay""; ""XV. Erec Fights with Two Giants""; ""XVI. Erec�s Collapse and Enite�s Despair""; ""XVII. Count Oringles in Limors; Erec and Enite Reconciled""; ""XVIII. Erec Encounters Guivreiz; his Sojourn in Penefric""; ""XIX. Enite�s Palfrey""; ""XX. Castle Brandigan""; ""XXI. Joie de la Curt and the Red Knight""; ""XXII. Mabonagrin�s Tale""; ""XXIII. The Eighty Widows; the Return to Arthur�s Court""; ""XXIV. Erec�s Homecoming""
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""Select Bibliography""""Index of People and Places""; ""Backcover""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-12733-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84384-378-1
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
DOI:
10.1515/9781782043713
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782043713/type/BOOK
