Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Love Poetry: 1. Neidhart von Reuental
2. A note on Walther's song 'Madam, accept this garland' (A May Dance for the Court)
3. The lime-tree and early German, Goliard and English lyric poetry
4. Folk ritual and the Minnesang
5. An early 'Tagelied'
6. Das Tagelied in der Weltliteratur
Part II. Heroic Poetry: 7. On the excellence of the 'Hildebrandslied': a comparative study in dynamics
8. Shamanism and epic poetry in Northern Asia
Part III. Wolfram von Eschenbach: 9. On Wolfram's conception of the 'Graal'
10. Some notes on Chrértien de Troyes and Wolfram von Eschenbach
11. Y a-t-il un Roman du Graal de Kyot le Provençal?
12. Herzeloyde's Dragon-dream
13. Wolfram von Eschenbach and the Chase
Part IV. Animal Symbolism: 14. 'Venus and Adonis' - and the Boar
15. Snake-swords and Boar-helms in Beowulf
16. Das Falkenlied des Kürenbergers
17. Der minnen vederspil Isot
18. The Swan Maiden: a folk-tale of North Eurasian origin?
19. Poetry and the Hunt in medieval Germany
Notes
Index.
