Hartmann Von Aue

German Romance V: Erec (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Edwards, Cyril / Übersetzer: Edwards, Cyril

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 I. Otherwise, only a few earlier medieval fragments survive.
Erec tells the story of a young knight at King Arthur's court, whose early prowess wins him high repute, and a beautiful wife, Enite. He falls into disrepute because of his excessively zealous devotion of his time to her. Alerted to his notoriety, he embarks on a series of symbolic adventures, which eventually lead to his achieving a new balance between the claims of love and those of society. Far more than a simple translation, Hartmann's first attempt at an Arthurian romance is notable for its zest and gusto.
This is the first edition with a parallel text translation into English; it is presented with explanatory notes and variant readings.

Cyril Edwards is a Senior Research Fellow of Oxford University's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, and an Honorary Research Fellow of University College London.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782043713
• Artikelnr.: 56163954

Autorenporträt

Hartmann von Aue, Cyril Edwards, Cyril Edwards

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The stranger knight and his dwarf Coralus and Enite The combat
for the sparrow-hawk King Arthur's justice after the killing of the white
stag and Iders' arrival in Cardigan Erec's last night in his
father-in-law's house Enite's reception at King Arthur's court Erec and
Enite marry The tournament between Tarebron and Prurin Erec's return home;
his sloth Erec's fight with robbers; his harshness to Enite Lady Enite's
ruse Guivreiz li Pitiz Erec's encounter with Kay Erec's encounter with
Gawein; Morgan le Fay Erec fights with two giants Erec's collapse and
Enite's despair Count Oringles in Limors; Erec and Enite reconciled Erec
encounters Guivreiz; his sojourn in Penefrec Enite's palfrey Castle
Brandigan Joie de la curt and the Red Knight Mabonagrin's tale The eighty
widows; return to Arthur's court Erec's homecoming Select Bibliography