Beards and Texts

Coxon, Sebastian

ISBN 10: 1787352226 / ISBN 13: 9781787352223

Verlag: UCL Press Sep 2021, 2021

Neuware. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781787352223

Inhaltsangabe:

<div><b>A study of beard motifs in medieval German poetry.</b><br> &#160;<br> Beards make frequent appearances in medieval German poetry&#8212;as esteemed markers of majestic wisdom or as hilarious props for undignified manhandling. In <i>Beards and Texts</i>, Sebastian Coxon traces this preeminent symbol of masculinity through four major poetic traditions across the twelfth and sixteenth centuries&#8212;Pfaffe Konrad&#8217;s&#160;<i>Rolandslied</i>, Wolfram von Eschenbach&#8217;s&#160;<i>Willehalm</i>, &#8216;Sangspruchdichtung&#8217;, and Heinrich Wittenwiler&#8217;s&#160;<i>Ring</i>. By attending to this hairy trope,<i> Beards and Texts</i> sheds new light on the construction of both poetic form and masculinity in the Middle Ages.<br> &#160;</div>

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: <b>Sebastian Coxon</b> is a reader in German at University College London.&#160;<br> &#160;

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Beards and Texts
Verlag: UCL Press Sep 2021
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu