1st Edition
Topographies of Gender in Middle High German Arthurian Romance
By Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand
Copyright 2001
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the metaphor of topography as a mechanism for the inscription of gender roles in Arthurian romance.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Cultural Topography and Arthurian Romance
Chapter 2. The Topography of Hartmann Von Aue: Negotiating Space and Power in Erec and Iwein
Chapter 3. The Topography of Wolfram Von Eschenbach: Spaces of Becoming and Being in Parzival Chapter 4. The Topography of Gottfried Von Strassberg: Places to Play in Tristan
Conclusions
Introduction
Chapter 1. Cultural Topography and Arthurian Romance
Chapter 2. The Topography of Hartmann Von Aue: Negotiating Space and Power in Erec and Iwein
Chapter 3. The Topography of Wolfram Von Eschenbach: Spaces of Becoming and Being in Parzival Chapter 4. The Topography of Gottfried Von Strassberg: Places to Play in Tristan
Conclusions
Biography
Alexandria Sterling-Hellenbrand teaches at Goshen College.
"Sterling-Hellenbrand's book is a brilliant revision of earlier, character-based notions of gender." -- Speculum
