Honor, love, and Isolde in Gottfried's Tristan
By: Kristine K. Sneeringer.
Series: Studies on themes and motifs in literature,; v. 61
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Gottfried, von Strassburg, 13th cent.; Honor in literature.; Love in literature.; Iseult (Legendary character) -- Romances -- History and criticism.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500.
Description: "As the concept of the individual arose during the Middle Ages, personal honor evolved from an external attribute to an interior one. This book examines honor in Gottfried's Tristan in relation to love, sexuality, the role of the artist, and Isolde, as well as identifies certain structures that carry the poet's concept of honor. These structures allow for the transcending of earthly dimensions into sublimity. Isolde's sexuality transcends earthly love to join in the mystical union of the soul with Christ. This is Gottfried's highest notion of honor."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter One Literature, Traditions, and Semantics of Honor; title: in the German Middle High Ages; title: Ethical Traditions of Honor; title: The Classical Tradition of Honor; title: The Christian Tradition of Honor; title: General Studies of Honor in Medieval Literature; title: Semantics of Honor in Middle High German; title: Honor in the Twelfth Century; title: Didactic Writings; title: Honor in the Courtly Romance: Eneas, Erec,; title: Iwein, Parzival; title: Studies of Honor and Tristan; title: Chapter Two Typology and the Literary Excursus in; title: Gottfried's Tristan; title: Typology; title: The Motifs of Tree and Spring and the Question; title: of Honor; title: The Tree; title: The Spring; title: Honor: A Recapitulation; title: The Preparation of the Knight: Part I; title: The Literary Excursus; title: The Invocation; title: Typology of the (W)ord; title: The Preparation of the Knight: Part II; title: Conclusions; title: Chapter Three Paradigmatic Structures in the huote Excursus; title: and in the Narrative; title: The huote Excursus; title: Gottfried and the Concept of Surveillance/; title: Guarding; title: Agricultural and Plant Metaphors; title: Fig and Fruit; title: Thorn, Thistle, Nettle, and Rose; title: The Horizontal Progression; title: Healing; title: Blanscheflur; title: Floraete; title: Isolde the Elder; title: Isolde the Younger; title: Brangaene; title: Isolde of the White Hands; title: Conclusions; title: Chapter Four Honor and the Love Grotto: ein dinc One; title: underscheide; title: Auras and Metaphors Surrounding the; title: Love Grotto Episode; title: The Song of Songs; title: Stone; title: Light; title: Architectural Detail; title: The Physical and the Mental "Chamber"; title: Landscape; title: The Grotto and Eros; title: The Progression and Honor; title: Summary; title: General Conclusions; title: Appendix I Typological Signals; title: Appendix II Tristan's Helmet; title: Notes; title: Works Cited; title: Index.