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Medieval Literacy and Textuality in Middle High German

Reading and Writing in Albrecht's Jüngerer Titurel

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  • © 2007

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  1. Annette Volfing
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Part of the book series: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures (SACC)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Annette Volfing
      Pages 1-9

  3. The Narrative Universe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Literacy and Textual Culture: Letters, Lettering, and Literature

      • Annette Volfing
      Pages 13-32

    3. First and Second Language: Names, Etymologies, and Natural Phenomena

      • Annette Volfing
      Pages 33-50

    4. The Brackenseil and the Grail: Chasing the Texts

      • Annette Volfing
      Pages 51-71

  4. The Narrators and the Author

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. ‘Albrecht,’ ‘Wolfram,’ and Vrou Aventiure: Arguing with the Text

      • Annette Volfing
      Pages 75-96

    3. Justifying the Text: The Poetological Program

      • Annette Volfing
      Pages 97-123

  5. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Annette Volfing
      Pages 125-128

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 129-201
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About this book

This study addresses the topics of literacy and texuality in order to develop a new line of interpretation for a landmark of Middle High German literature. Albrecht's Der jüngere Titurel is an intellectually ambitious narrative written ca. 1270 as a prequel and sequel to the more famous Arthurian texts by Wolfram von Eschenbach.

About the author

ANNETTE VOLFING is Reader in Medieval German Studies at Oxford University, UK, and Tutorial Fellow in German at Oriel College.

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