Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1: Thiu wirsa giburd: Cain’s Legacy, Original Sin, and the End of the World in the Old Saxon Genesis 7
6. 2: The Heliand Revisited: Spiritual Transgendering and the Defiance of Evil 27
7. 3: The Beginning of the End: Binary Dynamics and Initiative in Hartmann von Aue’s Gregorius 50
8. 4: Poetic Reflections in Medieval German Literature on Tragic Conflicts, Massive Death, and Armageddon 72
9. 5: Beyond Good and Evil: Apocalyptic Vision without Judgment in the Nibelungenlied. An Essay 98
10. 6: End-Times in the Hall: The Modern Reception of the Apocalyptic Ending of the Nibelungenlied 120
11. 7: Past Present, Future Present? Visualizing Arthurian Romance and the Beholder’s Share in a World That Refuses to End 144
12. 8: Ich diene und wirbe / biz ich gar verdirbe: Lovesickness, Apocalypse, and the End-Times in Mauritius von Craûn and Das Nibelungenlied 168
13. 9: The Slippery Concept of Evil in Hartmann von Aue’s Erec and Iwein 190
14. 10: Wigamur’s Lessons on the Complexity of Evil 216
15. 11: The Miracles of the Antichrist 238
16. 12: Monsters and Monstrosities in the Pamphlet Wars of the Reformation 255
17. Notes on the Contributors 279
18. Index 283