This book sheds light on the complexity of medieval German literary culture as it evolved in the course of the thirteenth century (c. 1220-1290) by analysing the attitudes of narrative poets towards the issue of authorship. It describes the various ways in which vernacular writers could address the theme of their own authorship within their literary works, and explores the tensions that arose between such authorial strategies on the one hand and their subsequent manuscript transmission on the other. The first part of the book deals with the presentation of authorship in the works of two poets who stand at the heart of literary tradition (Rudolf von Ems; Konrad von Würzburg), and involves discussion of such topics as authorial signature, acrostics, author portraits, and patronage; the second part deals with two genres (heroic epic; short story) that evince a rather more problematic relationship with the figure of the author.
| ISBN: | 9780198160175 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2001 |
| Author: | Sebastian Coxon |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: poetry and poets |
This book sheds light on the complexity of medieval German literary culture as it evolved in the course of the thirteenth century (c. 1220-1290) by analysing the attitudes of narrative poets towards the issue of authorship. It describes the various ways in which vernacular writers could address the theme of their own authorship within their literary works, and explores the tensions that arose between such authorial strategies on the one hand and their subsequent manuscript transmission on the other. The first part of the book deals with the presentation of authorship in the works of two poets who stand at the heart of literary tradition (Rudolf von Ems; Konrad von Würzburg), and involves discussion of such topics as authorial signature, acrostics, author portraits, and patronage; the second part deals with two genres (heroic epic; short story) that evince a rather more problematic relationship with the figure of the author.
The Presentation of Authorship in Medieval German Literature 1220-1290 features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets
The Presentation of Authorship in Medieval German Literature 1220-1290 is available in Hardback
The Presentation of Authorship in Medieval German Literature 1220-1290 was written by Sebastian Coxon and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
The Presentation of Authorship in Medieval German Literature 1220-1290 has 240 pages
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