German Literature of the Early Middle Ages

A detailed, contextualized picture of the very beginnings of writing in German from around 750 to 1100.

List of contents

Introduction -
Into German: The Language of the Earliest German Literature - Jon West
Charms, Recipes, and Prayers -
Latin Prose: Latin Writing in the Frankish World, 700-1100 - Linda Archibald
Latin Verse - Stephen Penn
Heroic Verse -
Otfrid of Weissenburg - Linda Archibald
The Shorter German Verse Texts - Christopher Wells
Historical Writing in and after the Old High German Period - R. Graeme Dunphy
Late Old High German Prose - Jon West

Product details

• Authors: Linda Archibald, R. Graeme Dunphy, Brian Murdoch, brian o Murdoch, Christopher Wells, Jon West
• Assisted by: Brian Murdoch (Editor), Brian O. Murdoch (Editor), Professor Brian Murdoch (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2004
• EAN: 9781571132406
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-240-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Weight: 600 g
• Illustrations: 7 b/w illus.
• Series: Camden House History of German; Camden House History of German Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies