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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/984786002 Title: Mit worten lûter unde glanz : metapoetics in Konrad von Würzburg's Trojanerkrieg Author: Esther Laufer; Konrad, von Würzburg; University of London. Institute of Modern Languages Research, Publisher: London : Institute of Modern Languages Research, 2016. ISBN/ISSN: 9780854572533 0854572538 OCLC:984786002

  
  

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Mit worten lûter unde glanz : metapoetics in Konrad von Würzburg's Trojanerkrieg

Author:	Esther Laufer; Konrad, von Würzburg; University of London. Institute of Modern Languages Research,
Publisher:	London : Institute of Modern Languages Research, 2016.
Series:	Bithell series of dissertations, v. 45.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"How can you fathom a bottomless abyss? How can you capture ineffable beauty in words? How do you narrate the master of all stories? These are the challenges that seasoned poet Konrad von Würzburg set himself when at the end of the 13th century he composed his account of the Trojan War from a multitude of sources. Konrad has long been recognized as an exceptionally self-conscious author who frequently reflects on the nature, status and function of poetry, and who at times appears more concerned with the sparkling surface of his discourse than with the events he narrates. Taking these observations as a starting point, this study presents the first comprehensive treatment of metapoetics in the Trojanerkrieg. It uncovers the far-reaching network of explicit and implicit metapoetic expression that permeates the text on every level - even though its multifaceted imagery and arguments resist translation into the language of formal literary theory. The fact that Konrad's metapoetic vocabulary regularly draws on imagery of religious origin offers a new perspective from which to address the controversial question of the Christian author's attitude towards the pagan splendour of the narrated world. In highlighting the pitfalls of metapoetic interpretation and mapping out possible conceptualizations of textuality, language and poetry as well as the relationship between secular and religious literature, this study also makes a broader contribution to medieval literary studies"--  Read more...
Subjects	Konrad, -- von Würzburg, -- -1287. -- Trojanerkrieg. Trojan War -- Romances -- History and criticism. Trojanerkrieg (Konrad, von Würzburg) View all subjects
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