Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois : intertextuality and interpretation / Neil Thomas.

Author/creator Thomas, Neil
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2005.
Description167 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesArthurian studies ; v. 62, 0261-9814 ;
Arthurian studies ; v. 62. ^A135300
Contents Contesting the canon -- The 'post-classical' challenge -- Wigalois: tradition and innovation -- Knights of fortune -- Fortuna's emissary -- The knight of fortune's wheel -- Saint and sinner -- The hero's descensus -- The father's rehabilitation -- Realism and realpolitik -- The last battle -- The matter of closure: Parzival and Wigalois -- Romance and exemplum -- The knight of King Arthur -- The place of Wigalois in German literary history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [134]-154) and index.
LCCN 2004016904
ISBN1843840383 (hardback : alk. paper)

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