Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Hartmann’s Theological Milieu 9
6. Hartmann von Aue as Lyricist 21
7. Hartmann von Aue and Chrétien de Troyes: Respective Approaches to the Matter of Britain 43
8. Gender and Love in the Epic Romances of Hartmann von Aue 71
9. The Two-Fold Path: Erec and Enite on the Road to Wisdom 93
10. The Body in Pain in the Works of Hartmann von Aue 105
11. Illness and Cure in Hartmann von Aue’s Arme Heinrich and Iwein 125
12. Hartmann’s Legends and the Bible 141
13. Hartmann’s Works in the Visual Arts 161
14. The Medieval Literary Reception of Hartmann’s Works 183
15. A Tale of Sacrifice and Love: Literary Way Stations of the Arme Heinrich from the Brothers Grimm to Tankred Dorst 223
16. Editions and Translations of Hartmann’s Works 255
17. Works Cited 261
18. Notes on the Contributors 281
19. Index 283