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Hartmann Von Aue
1170?-1220?
German poet who made the first Western reference to the magnetic compass. A Swabian knight as well as epic poet and minnesinger, Hartmann was firmly rooted in the courtly ...
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Biography EssayHartmann von Aue stands out as one of the most significant authors of the flourishing of literary activity that occurred in German-speaking lands at the end of the twelfth and the begin...
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Hartmann von Aue (c. 1160-c. 1205) was a medieval German literary figure who wrote epic poems in the minnesang tradition. The Minnesinger were court poets who lived and worked inside the great castles...
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Hartmann von Aue stands out as one of the most significant authors of the flourishing of literary activity that occurred in German-speaking lands at the end of the twelfth and the beginning of the thi...
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Willson is one of the most prolific Hartmann scholars writing in English. In the following excerpt, he insists that Der arme Heinrich attempts "the paradoxical mingling or fusion of the two sph...
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In the following excerpt, Clifton-Everest examines religious didacticism in Iwein and insists that Iwein, in pursuing a chivalric ideal, allegorically represents the quest for Christian virtue..
In [T...
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The Schroeder Professor of German at Cambridge University, Green has written several books and articles on medieval German literature, including Irony in the Medi-eval Romance (1979) and The Art of Re...
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In the following excerpt, Tobin explores Gregorius with regard to the Augustinian view of original sin that formed the "mainstream of religious thought" during Hartmann's life.
Am...
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Pickering is an English scholar whose books include Literatur und darstellende Kunst im Mittelalter (1966; Literature and Art in the Middle Ages, 1970) and Essays on Medieval German Literature and Ico...
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In the following excerpt, Tobin examines Erec and Enite's relationship in light of its influence on Erec's knightly duty to pursue adventure.
Through comments of the narrator and the rea...
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In the following essay, Clark outlines Hartmann's portrayal of Erec's maturation.
For much of Hartmann's Êrec, the protagonist is characterized as a man plagued by one or ano...
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In the following excerpt, McConnell explores the proposed sacrifice of a virgin in Der arme Heinrich and posits that reference to such a pagan ritual skews interpretations that consider Heinrich to be...
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In the following excerpt, McDonald argues that Hartmann employs a characteristic time motif in his Der arme Heinrich in order to emphasize the transformation of the hero from his fall from grace to hi...
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Sacker has written several critical studies of Medieval German literature, including An Introduction to Wolfram's "Parzival" (1963). In the following essay, Sacker insists that, i...
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In the following excerpt, Bostock examines Der arme Heinrich in light of the Medieval (platonic) belief that each person is naturally suited to a particular order of existence.
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In the following essay, Willson explores the ethical and stylistic influences of Medieval Christianity on Hartmann's Iwein.
In ["Sin and Redemption in Hartmann's Erec," Ger...
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In the following excerpt, King examines Hartmann's language in Gregorius in order to explore the extent to which Hartmann found Gregorius and his mother culpable for their incestuous relationsh...
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In the following essay, Willson interprets Gregorius with regard to the doctrine of original sin and the opposition between ordinate and inordinate love.
Hartmann's Gregorius is concerned large...
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An English educator specializing in Germanic studies, Batts has written and edited several studies of German literature, including Die Form der Aventiuren im Nibel-ungenlied (1961) and Gottfried von S...
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Jackson was an English-born scholar of Germanic and comparative literature and the author of The Literature of the Middle Ages (1960) and The Anatomy of Love: The Tristan of Gottfried von Strassburg (...
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In the following essay, Willson explores the relationship between Erec and Enite, insisting that Hartmann uses the characters to elucidate elements of Christian love.
In that part of Erec which begins...
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Hartmann Von Aue
Hartmann von Aue
Hartmann von Aue
Critical Essay by H. B. Willson
