Tannhäuser : Poet and Legend
Subtitle: With Texts and Translations of his Works
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781469658483
Subjects: Literature: history & criticism
Description: To the medievalist, Tannhäuser is the author of ironical and highly original lyrical verse, to the folklorist, the subject of one of Germany's oldest ballads to the musicologist, the composer of the only extant music for a "Tanzleich" and the hero of several operas. J. W. Thomas examines the content and style of Tannhäuser's verse, discusses his sources and his influence on other medieval poets, and gives a history of the ballad material in which he appears. Also included is a diplomatic edition of Tannhäuser's poems, both verse translations of the poems and a version of the ballad, and an extensive bibliography.
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