1st Edition
Bodies of Pain Suffering in the Works of Hartmann von Aue
By Scott E. Pincikowski
Copyright 2002
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
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Routledge
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This study provides a much needed re-evaluation of the role of pain and suffering in Hartmann von Aue. By critically and carefully combining traditional philology with modern theoretical analysis, drawing on theorists such as Mary Douglas, Michele Foucault, Norbert Elias and Elaine Scarry, the author shows how the 'body' is symbolically structured in Hartmann's work to create a distinctly medieval... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Body in Pain; Chapter 2 es tete im an dem lîbe wê: The Physical Body in Pain in Hartmann von Aue; Chapter 3 mîn vleiscb ist sô unreine: The Male Body in Pain in Gregorius and the Arme Heinrich; Chapter 4 vil wîplîchen si dô leit: The Female Body in Pain; Chapter 5 ouwê, diz vole ist starke unvrô: The Social Body and Pain in Hartmann von Aue’s Works; Conclusion: nâch disem ellende. / hie hât diz liet ein ende;
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Scott E. Pincikowski
