Selected essays on medieval German literature / by K.C. King ; reprinted and edited in honour of his memory, together with an article by the late J. Knight Bostock, on behalf of the Institute of Germanic Studies by John L. Flood and A.T. Hatto
1975, 1st edition. London : University of London, Institute of Germanic Studies. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #425901
Physical description; ix, 219 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Text in English and German. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Siegfried's fight with the dragon in the Edda and the Hürnen Seyfrid.--Das Lied vom Hürnen Seyfrid.--On motives and literary sources in German heroic literature.--Das strophische Gedicht von Herzog Ernst.--The earliest German monasteries.--Bostock, J.K. The message of the Nibelungenlied. The message of the Nibelungenlied, a reply.--Zur Frage der Schuld in Hartmann's Gregorius.--The mother's guilt in Hartmann's Gregorius.--On the naming of places in heroic literature. Subjects; Civilization, Medieval, in literature. German literature Middle High German. Epic poetry, German History and criticism. German literature Addresses, essays, lectures.
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