Arthurian Romances, Tales, and Lyric Poetry: The Complete Works of Hartmann von Aue

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Arthurian Romances , Tales, and Lyric Poetry The฀complete฀ w orks฀of฀hartmann฀von฀aue hartmann฀von฀aue P E N N S TAT E P R E S S The Pennsylvania State University Press University Park, Pennsylvania www.psupress.org The฀complete฀works฀of฀hartmann฀von฀aue Arthurian Romances,Tales, and Lyric Poetry translated฀with฀commentary฀by . . frank฀tobin฀฀฀฀kim฀vivian฀฀฀฀richard฀h.฀lawson ISBN฀0-271-02112-8 ,!7IA2H1-acbbcg!:t;K;k;K;k Literature / Medieval Studies Hartmann฀von฀Aue฀is฀a฀writer฀who฀belongs฀in฀the฀company฀of฀Chrétien฀de฀Troyes,฀Wolfram฀von฀ Eschenbach,฀and฀Gottfried฀von฀Strassburg.฀At฀last฀we฀have฀a฀volume฀that฀brings฀together฀all฀of฀ Hartmann’s฀works฀in฀translations฀that฀are฀authoritative฀and฀readable.”฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀—Edward฀R.฀Haymes,฀Cleveland฀State฀University Medievalists฀from฀all฀areas฀will฀welcome฀the฀appearance฀of฀Hartmann฀von฀Aue’s฀complete฀works฀in฀this฀ one-volume฀English฀translation,฀which฀includes฀his฀lyric฀poetry฀and฀the฀diffi ฀cult฀and฀not฀well฀known฀ Lament.฀Tobin,฀Vivian,฀and฀Lawson฀provide฀excellent฀translations฀of฀each฀work฀and฀offer฀informative฀ introductions฀and฀stimulating฀note฀sections฀to฀guide฀the฀nonspecialist,฀all฀of฀which฀will฀serve฀to฀make฀ this฀most฀underrated฀of฀the฀German฀poets฀of฀the฀Middle฀Ages฀better฀known฀in฀the฀English-speaking฀ world.”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀—Francis฀S.฀Gentry,฀Penn฀State฀University Hartmann฀von฀Aue฀(c.฀1170–1215)฀is฀universally฀recognized฀as฀the฀fi ฀rst฀medieval฀German฀poet฀to฀ create฀world-class฀literature.฀He฀crafted฀German฀into฀a฀language฀of฀refi ฀ned฀literary฀expression฀that฀ paved฀the฀way฀for฀writers฀such฀as฀Gottfried฀von฀Strassburg,฀Walther฀von฀der฀Vogelweide,฀and฀Wolfram฀ von฀Eschenbach.฀This฀volume฀presents฀the฀English฀reader฀for฀the฀fi ฀rst฀time฀with฀the฀complete฀works฀ of฀Hartmann฀in฀readable,฀idiomatic฀English.฀ ฀฀฀฀฀Hartmann’s฀literary฀efforts฀cover฀all฀the฀major฀genres฀and฀themes฀of฀medieval฀courtly฀literature.฀ His฀Arthurian฀romances,฀Erec฀and฀Iwein,฀which฀he฀modeled฀after฀Chrétien฀de฀Troyes,฀introduced฀ the฀Arthurian฀world฀to฀German฀audiences฀and฀set฀the฀standard฀for฀later฀German฀writers.฀His฀lyric฀ poetry฀treats฀many฀aspects฀of฀courtly฀love,฀including฀fi ฀ne฀examples฀of฀the฀crusading฀song.฀His฀dialogue฀ on฀love฀delineates฀the฀theory฀of฀courtly฀relationships฀between฀the฀sexes฀and฀the฀quandary฀the฀lover฀ experiences.฀His฀verse฀novellas฀Gregorius฀and฀Poor฀Heinrich฀transcend฀the฀world฀of฀mere฀human฀ dimensions฀and฀examine฀the฀place฀and฀duties฀of฀the฀human฀in฀the฀divine฀scheme฀of฀things.฀Longfellow฀ would฀later฀use฀Poor฀Heinrich฀in฀his฀Golden฀Legend. ฀฀฀฀Arthurian฀Romances,฀Tales,฀and฀Lyric฀Poetry฀is฀a฀major฀work฀destined฀to฀place฀Hartmann฀at฀the฀ center฀of฀medieval฀courtly฀literature฀for฀English฀readers.฀ FRANK฀TOBIN฀is฀Professor฀of฀German฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Nevada,฀Reno.฀ KIM฀VIVIAN฀is฀Associate฀Professor฀of฀German฀at฀Augustana฀College.฀ RICHARD฀H.฀LAWSON฀is฀Professor฀Emeritus฀of฀German฀at฀the฀University฀of฀North฀Carolina,฀Chapel฀ Hill. Cover฀illustration:฀ Illumination฀of฀Hartmann฀von฀Aue฀from฀the฀Grosse฀Heidelberger฀Liederhandschrift฀(Heidelberg฀ Universitätsbibliothek,฀cpg.฀848,฀fol.฀184v) “ “ ...