Tradition and Creativity
Subtitle: The Engelhard of Konrad von Würzburg, its Structure and its Sources
Series: Australian and New Zealand Studies in German Language and Literature
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York; Berne; Frankfurt am Main
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
First sentence: Konrad's Engelhard tells the story of two friends whose devotion to each other is so great that it passes the most severe tests.
Description: It is known that the source of Konrad's Engelhard must have been a version of the widespread friendship tale Amicus and Amelius. This book examines Konrad's poem with special reference to the tradition of the friendship tale and to the work of Konrad's literary forbears and contemporaries. It reconstructs and establishes the primary and secondary sources of Engelhard and discusses Konrad's treatment of his material. Three previously unpublished German versions of the Amicus and Amelius tale are printed in an appendix.
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