Intrigen – Die Macht der Möglichkeiten in der mittelhochdeutschen Epik

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This study provides a precise definition of the term ‘intrigue’, which has not been a defined term in the medieval studies so far. The analysis is based on a selection of Middle High German novels and epics from the 12th …

Commitment and Beyond

Reflections on/of the Political in Arabic Literature since the 1940s

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This book is about relations between literature, society and politics in the Arab world. It is an attempt to come to terms with the changing conceptualizations of the political in Arabic literature in recent modern history. It examines historical and …

Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft

Band 20 (2014/2015): Das Geistliche Spiel des europäischen Spätmittelalters

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In recent years, the presentation and communication of contents of faith that are valuable to create identities through the audio-visual media of theatre, at a time when there was hardly any other kind of ‘mass media’, has received increasing attention. …

Trojasummen

Das »Elsässische Trojabuch« und die gedruckten Trojakompilationen

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Troja galt im Mittelalter als die Idealstadt schlechthin. Daher spielte der Trojastoff in der mittelalterlichen deutschen Literatur eine wichtige Rolle. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung „Trojasummen. Das ‚Elsässische Trojabuch’ und die gedruckten Trojakompilationen“ stehen die bislang nur wenig erforschten Druckfassungen des …

Von Heiligen, Rittern und Narren

Mediävistische Studien für Hans-Joachim Behr zum 65. Geburtstag

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This Festschrift, published on the occasion of Hans-Joachim Behr’s 65th birthday, offers a wide range of contributions by renowned scholars of medieval studies as well as specialists on the reception of medieval literature in the Early Modern and Modern Period. …

Handschriften- und Textforschung heute

Zur Überlieferung der griechischen Literatur. Festschrift für Dieter Harlfinger aus Anlass seines 70. Geburtstages

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This volume is a collection of papers on Greek and Byzantine manuscript studies. The main topics covered are related to the textual transmission of texts from Antiquity, to the study of particular manuscripts and scribes, to broader topics in the …

Grenzgänge

Androgynie – Wahnsinn – Utopie im Romanwerk von Huda Barakat

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Hudā Barakāt’s novels are complex and densely woven texts that focus on the obsessions and inner conflicts of their protagonists. The first monograph dealing with the Lebanese author’s work, this book presents in-depth analyses of her first three novels, each …

Das Arzneibuch Ortolfs von Baierland

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Around 1300, a surgeon named Ortolf – born in the duchy of Bavaria and settled in Wurzburg – wrote a textbook of medicine, which in brief covers all topics of medieval medicine – beginning with its theoretical background, then proceeding …

Formgeschichte der Sangspruchdichtung des 12. bis 15. Jahrhunderts

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In spite of the widespread opinion that medieval poetry, and particularly song, is to a great extent a formal art, questions of form are often marginal in research concerning the surviving texts. By contrast, this book, based on decades of …

der âventiuren dôn

Klang, Hören und Hörgemeinschaften in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters

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The contributions in this volume assess the value of the acoustic in the Middle Ages and evaluate its importance in medieval literature. Although a great deal of research in Medieval Studies has focused on issues related to visuality, there has …

Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft

Band 19 (2012/2013): Oswald von Wolkenstein im Kontext der Liedkunst seiner Zeit

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The South Tyrolean knight Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca. 1377-1445) is the most notable German lyricist of the late Middle Ages. The present volume contains 25 articles in total, which have been compiled from the presentations at a great conference held …

The Andalusian Music of Morocco

Al-Ala: History, Society and Text

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This book reframes the history of the Andalusian music of Morocco by highlighting the interplay of oral and literary processes in the preservation and transmission of this poetic-musical tradition across generations. Although oral communication and the social intimacy it fosters …

Satire und Kontext

Gesellschaftskritik in den Dramen des ägyptischen Autors Ali Salem

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This study examines the dramas of the Egyptian writer Ali Salem (b. 1936). In addition to determining Salem’s position in literary history and outlining developments in modern Arab theatre, the contemporary dramatist’s plays written in Egyptian dialect are given detailed …

Nachtigallen an Gottes Thron

Studien zur persischen Dichtung

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To date, only a few pioneers have made classical Persian poetry and philosophy accessible to the occidental eye. During the 17th and 18th centuries, influential travellers brought goods, travelogues and translations back from Persia. Around 1800, enthusiasm for the oriental …

Ludus compleatur

Theatralisierungsstrategien epischer Stoffe im spätmittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Spiel

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This study concentrates on strategies of the theatralization of epic motifs in the late medieval and early modern play in combination with the question of the advantages which lie in a dramatic realization compared to an epic or lyric text. …

Phthonos

Mißgunst, Neid und Eifersucht in der byzantinischen Literatur

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Die Emotion „Phthonos“ spielt in Byzanz (definiert als „Schmerz über das Wohlergehen des anderen“) eine besondere Rolle: Sie ist das Böse an sich. Einerseits ist Phthonos die negative und aggressive Leidenschaft, die sich durch Heuchelei, Verleumdung sowie Mord äußert und …

Arabische Musikinstrumente in der Literatur des Mittelalters

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With cultural exchange taking place in various settings during the Middle Ages, European musical instruments were highly influenced by Islamic cultures. Apart from the impact of Islamic music in certain cultural intersections, like on the Iberian Peninsula or Sicily, the …

Dismember Remember

Das anatomische Theater von Lina Saneh und Rabih Mroué

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What happens if a body is dissected with words rather than physically? If what is taken apart is reassembled? What impact does this have on how we see things? This volume is the first comprehensive introduction to the work of …

Vergangenheit als Konstrukt

Mittelalterbilder seit der Renaissance

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Mittelalterbilder und ihr Weiterleben seit der Renaissance sind das Thema des Sammelbandes, der interdisziplinäre Forschungsbeiträge aus historisch arbeitenden Kulturwissenschaften vereint. Im Vordergrund steht die Frage nach den Konstruktionsprinzipien und Bausteinen der Mittelalterbilder, die sich als Artefakte erweisen und Einsicht in …

Die Messingstadt

Eine Erzählung aus „Tausendundeiner Nacht“. Architektur einer Heiligwerdung

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Anyone associating The Arabian Nights with erotic stories will doubtlessly be disappointed when reading “City of Brass” (Nights 566−578). This tale deals not with the lust for life but, on the contrary, with the vanity of existence: Each individual who …