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German Romance V: Erec
Hartmann Von Aue
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Description for German Romance V: Erec
Hardback. New edition, with facing English translation, of one of the most important Arthurian works from the middle ages. Editor(s): Edwards, Cyril. Translator(s): Edwards, Cyril. Series: Arthurian Archives. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1060.
New edition, with facing English translation, of one of the most important Arthurian works from the middle ages. Erec is the earliest extant German Arthurian romance, freely adapted and translated into Middle High German by the Swabian knight, Hartmann von Aue, from the first Old French Arthurian romance, Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide. Hartmann's work dates from c. 1180, but the only (almost) complete manuscript dates from the early sixteenth century, copied into the huge two-volume Ambraser Heldenbuch, now housed in Vienna - the most comprehensive extant compilation of medieval German romances and epics, commissioned by Emperor Maximilian ... Read more
New edition, with facing English translation, of one of the most important Arthurian works from the middle ages. Erec is the earliest extant German Arthurian romance, freely adapted and translated into Middle High German by the Swabian knight, Hartmann von Aue, from the first Old French Arthurian romance, Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide. Hartmann's work dates from c. 1180, but the only (almost) complete manuscript dates from the early sixteenth century, copied into the huge two-volume Ambraser Heldenbuch, now housed in Vienna - the most comprehensive extant compilation of medieval German romances and epics, commissioned by Emperor Maximilian ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1059g
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843788
SKU
V9781843843788
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for German Romance V: Erec
The translation reads smoothly and can easily be recommended to someone new to Hartmann.
FABULA
[A] very impressive achievement. . . . Scholars, teachers, and students alike can make use of this wellbound tome, with its select bibliography and index of persons and places. Highly recommended.
CHOICE
[T]he edition is complete, the translation effective for analysis ... Read more
FABULA
[A] very impressive achievement. . . . Scholars, teachers, and students alike can make use of this wellbound tome, with its select bibliography and index of persons and places. Highly recommended.
CHOICE
[T]he edition is complete, the translation effective for analysis ... Read more