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1	Medieval German Literature: A Companion more books like this by Marion E Gibbs, Sidney M Johnson Accessible to non-German speakersSpanning medieval German literature from the eighth and ninth centuries to the year 1400, this reference examines major literary works and is highly useful to advanced students of German, as well as accessible to non-German speakers. Covers poetry, dramas, mysticismThis volume begins by covering the Old High German ... see all copies from $38.99! new only from $38.99! \| first editions
2	Brides and Doom: Gender, Property, and Power in Medieval German Women's Epic more books like this by Jerold C Frakes see all copies from $3.12! new only from $5.00! \| first editions
3	Middle High German Reader more books like this by Maurice O'C Walshe M. O'C. Walshe, has now completely rewritten the work to meet the needs of the student whose prime concern is with the reading of Middle High German literature rather than with the language as such. Nevertheless the grammatical introduction, though recast, is still quite extensive, in order to show the often subtle and confusing differences from ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $45.28! \| first editions \| SVS
4	German Romance I: Daniel Von Dem Bla1/4henden Tal more books like this by Michael Resler (Editor) Der Stricker's "Daniel" is the first freely invented German Arthurian romance, bringing the genre to a new level of originality. Beginning with Hartmann von Aue's "Erec" (c.1185) and up until "Daniel" (c.1210-25), German poets had drawn their tales of King Arthur's knights exclusively from the world of the French romance, most commonly from the ... see all copies from $12.95! new only from $38.49! \| first editions
5	Medieval Listening and Reading more books like this by Dennis Howard Green This new study brings recent scholarly debates on oral cultures and literate societies to bear on the earliest recorded literature in German (800-1300). It considers the criteria for assessing what works were destined for listeners, what examples anticipated readers, and how far both modes of reception could apply to one work. The opening chapters ... see all copies from $37.73! new only from $71.25! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Vernacular Literary Theory in the Middle Ages: The German Tradition, 800-1300, in Its European Context more books like this by Walter Haug, Joanna M Catling (Translator) The first edition of this book appeared in German in 1985, and set an agenda for the study of medieval literary theory. Rather than seeing vernacular writers' reflections on their art, as found in prologues, epilogues and interpolations in literary texts, as merely deriving from established Latin traditions, Walter Haug shows that they marked the ... see all copies from $45.50! new only from $53.25! \| first editions
7	Mothers and Daughters in Medieval German Literature more books like this by Ann Marie Rasmussen Drawing on the themes of current feminist thought, the author explores several examples of German literature and poetry to show how fictional mother-daughter characters played out the contradictions of the social and sexual conflicts in medieval society. see all copies from $11.95! new only from $12.17!
8	Early Modern German Literature, 1350-1700: Volume 4 more books like this by Max Reinhart (Editor) "Early Modern German Literature" provides an overview of major literary figures and works, socio-historical contexts, philosophical backgrounds, and cultural trends during the 350 years between the first flowering of northern humanism around 1350 and the rise of a distinctly middle-class, anti-classical aesthetics around 1700. Recent scholarship ... see all copies from $85.00! new only from $99.95! \| SVS
9	Literature & art in the Middle Ages more books like this by F. P. Pickering see all copies from $7.74! first editions
10	Frauenlob's Song of Songs: A Medieval German Poet and His Materpiece more books like this by Barbara Newman, Barbara Thornton (Director), Benjamin Bagby (Director) "Frauenlob" was the stage name of Heinrich von Meissen (c. 1260-1318), a medieval German poet-minstrel. A famous and controversial figure in his day, Frauenlob (meaning "praise of ladies") exercised a strong influence on German literature into the eighteenth century. This book introduces the poet to English-speaking readers with a fresh poetic ... see all copies from $22.95! new only from $22.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik more books like this by Helmut De Boor, Roswitha Wisniewski see all copies from $6.56! new only from $35.46!
12	Erotic Tales from Medieval Germany more books like this by Albrecht Classen see all copies from $11.76! new only from $25.30!
13	German Romance, Volume II: Gauriel Von Muntabel more books like this by Konrad Von Stoffeln, Siegfried Christoph (Editor) "Gauriel von Muntabel", by Konrad von Stoffeln, dates from the late thirteenth century; it offers much evidence for literary reception in the middle ages from the prominent part which it accords to the heroes of earlier romances, such as Hartmann von Aue's "Erec", its several references to characters from contemporary authors, including Wirnt von ... see all copies from $78.80! new only from $92.15! \| SVS
14 view cover	John the Evangelist in Medieval German Writing: Imitating the Inimitable more books like this by Annette Volfing The saint and visionary author John the Evangelist becomes the focus of spiritual and literary discussion in a great range of Middle High German writings, many of them not previously examined by scholars. These include not just sermons and devotional literature (sometimes aimed specifically at women in religious orders), but also narrative romance ... see all copies from $69.89! new only from $128.47! \| SVS
15	German and Italian lyrics of the Middle Ages; an anthology and a history. more books like this by Frederick Goldin (Compiled by) see all copies from $7.95! first editions
16	Old High German Literature more books like this by Brian Murdoch see all copies from $3.75! first editions
17	Medieval German Lyric Verse in English Translation more books like this by J W Thomas see all copies from $4.25! first editions
18	Minnesang: Mittelhochdeutsche Texte Mit Ubertragungen Und Anmerkungen more books like this by Helmut Brackert (Editor) see all copies from $10.95!
19	Anthology of Medieval German Literature: Synoptically Arranged with Contemporary Translations more books like this by Albert K Wimmer see all copies from $6.98! first editions
20 view cover	The Ambivalences of Medieval Religious Drama more books like this by Rainer Warning, Steven Rendall (Translator) What is medieval religious drama, and what function does it serve in negotiating between the domains of theology and popular life? This book aims to answer these questions by studying three sets of these dramas: tenth-century Easter plays, twelfth-century Adam plays, and fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Passion plays. However, the author s intent ... see all copies from $64.20! new only from $64.20!
21 view cover	German writers of the Renaissance and Reformation 1280-1580 more books like this by James Hardin, Max Reinhart see all copies from $36.11! first editions
22 view cover	Head-word and rhyme-word concordances to Des Minnesangs Frühling : a complete reference work more books like this by Clifton D. Hall, Samuel S. Coleman The works of twenty-three German poets are contained in Des Minnesangs Fruhling (The Blossomings of Courtly Love Poetry), a collection of medieval songs dating from about 1150 to 1220, during which time the genre of courtly love poetry developed from its beginnings to and through its zenith. Although this anthology is one of the most significant ... see all copies from $87.55!
23	Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik more books like this by Hermann Paul see all copies from $9.34! new only from $27.82!
24	Deutscher Minnesang: 1150-1300 more books like this by Friedrich Neumann see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.71!
25 view cover	Justice and the Social Context of Early Middle High German Literature more books like this by Robert G Sullivan Early Middle High German religious literature, a substantial corpus of wide-ranging verse and prose works written between c.1050 and 1170, was long dismissed as derivative and over-zealously ascetic. This book argues that far from preaching traditional, other worldly ideals, the authors of these religious works were deeply engaged in the social, ... see all copies from $70.00! new only from $93.94!

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