Imagining the text : ekphrasis and envisioning courtly identity in Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois /

Imagining the text : ekphrasis and envisioning courtly identity in Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Brown, James H., 1968- author.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Description:xi, 279 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Visualising the Middle Ages ; volume 10
Visualising the Middle Ages ; v. 10.
Subject:
Wirnt, -- von Grafenberg, -- active 13th century. -- Wigalois.
Wirnt, -- von Grafenberg, -- active 13th century. -- Wigalois -- Illustrations.
Wigalois (Wirnt, von Grafenberg)
Ekphrasis.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Guinglain (Legendary character) -- Romances -- History and criticism.
Arthurian romances -- History and criticism.
Arthurian romances.
Ekphrasis.
Guinglain (Legendary character) -- Romances.
Illustration of books.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10489588
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ISBN:9789004269187
9004269185
9789004283060
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:James Brown examines ekphrasis; the verbal representation of a visual representation; in Wirnt von Gravenberg's thirteenth-century Arthurian romance Wigalois, one of the most popular and enduring stories in the Middle High German literary tradition. Through close reading of the text and examining illustrated Wigalois manuscripts, early print editions, and frescoes, Brown explores how ekphrasis structures the narrative, harmonizes potential conflicts in the text, and contributes to the construction of courtly identity. Imagining the Text demonstrates that the vibrant symbiosis of word and image is crucial to the poem's sustained popularity for more than six hundred years, and contributes to the history of the book and to the study of medieval and modern modes of perception.

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