Wechselnde Gezeiten: Der Strand als Schauplatz für Wendepunkte in Heldendichtung und höfischer Literatur des Mittelalters
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Abstract
The beach is a setting of permanent change. In medieval literature, the beach often serves as a setting of arrival and departure or as a liminal space so that it tends to be the location of a turning-point in the plot: As the coastline changes with the force of nature the plot changes with the impact of the newly arrived or departed. The following thoughts are concerned with the beach as a setting in heroic poetry (Beowulf, Battle of Maldon, Kudrun) as well as in courtly literature (Gottfried’s Tristan, Konrad’s Schwanritter, Alliterative Morte Arthur). The beach as a setting is not only a formulaic pattern stemming from oral tradition with a mnemonic function but also serves as a setting of change in medieval literature and contributes to the structure of the plot.
Abstract
The beach is a setting of permanent change. In medieval literature, the beach often serves as a setting of arrival and departure or as a liminal space so that it tends to be the location of a turning-point in the plot: As the coastline changes with the force of nature the plot changes with the impact of the newly arrived or departed. The following thoughts are concerned with the beach as a setting in heroic poetry (Beowulf, Battle of Maldon, Kudrun) as well as in courtly literature (Gottfried’s Tristan, Konrad’s Schwanritter, Alliterative Morte Arthur). The beach as a setting is not only a formulaic pattern stemming from oral tradition with a mnemonic function but also serves as a setting of change in medieval literature and contributes to the structure of the plot.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Acknowledgements IX
- Measuring the Beach: Processes, Practices and Discourses 1
- Gedanken über unsichtbare Inselgruppen 53
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(Precluded) Arrivals/Departures
- Stranded. The Beach as Ultimate Destination in Joseph Conrad’s Amy Foster and Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice 57
- Dystopie, Utopie, Heterotopie: Die Imagination des Strands in der Literatur von Afropäerinnen 82
- Figuring Senegalese Beaches in Moussa Sène Absa’s Films 100
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Drawing and Crossing Lines
- Strandbekanntschaften in Georg Forsters Reise um die Welt und das europäische Projekt ‚Zivilisation‘ 123
- Wechselnde Gezeiten: Der Strand als Schauplatz für Wendepunkte in Heldendichtung und höfischer Literatur des Mittelalters 146
- ‘There’s Law on the Beach!’: Law and Order on Los Angeles’s Beaches 1910s–1970s 171
- Always on Duty: Galveston’s African American Beaches and Lifeguards 194
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Building Structures & Assembling Elements
- Sand, Spuren, Architektur – Zur gebauten Ökologie des Strandes 213
- Strandburgen: Eine deutsche Lust? Zum Strandurlaub seit dem späten neunzehnten Jahrhundert 236
- Der Strand als Schauplatz weltweiter Fauna. Exotische naturalia auf Stranddarstellungen Jan van Kessels d.Ä. 255
- SHORELINES & SPACES 276
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Bodies in Time: Littoral Rhythms of Death and Desire
- Time and Tide Again. Traces, Permeable Spaces and Sensory Perceptions of the Beach in Theodor Storm’s Aquis submersus and HBO’s Big Little Lies 285
- “Stile balneare.” Singing the Italian Summer by the Seaside (1960s–1980s) 311
- The Boys on the Beach: Andrew Holleran’s Fire Island 337
- Stimmen über der Tiefe, gärender Schlamm, Wasserleichen – Theodor Storms Strände 354
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Social and Material Transformations
- Sisyphos am Strand: Beachcleaning und die litoralen Figurationen fossiler Energiekultur in der zeitgenössischen Umweltfotografie 387
- The Ephemeral Beachscape: Skateboarding and the Appropriation of Suburban Concrete 414
- Beached. The Awkward Beginnings of Weimar Democracy 427
- Der Strand: What to wear on the beach / Was am Strand anziehen? 448
- Revisited 463
- Notes on Contributors 464
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Acknowledgements IX
- Measuring the Beach: Processes, Practices and Discourses 1
- Gedanken über unsichtbare Inselgruppen 53
-
(Precluded) Arrivals/Departures
- Stranded. The Beach as Ultimate Destination in Joseph Conrad’s Amy Foster and Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice 57
- Dystopie, Utopie, Heterotopie: Die Imagination des Strands in der Literatur von Afropäerinnen 82
- Figuring Senegalese Beaches in Moussa Sène Absa’s Films 100
-
Drawing and Crossing Lines
- Strandbekanntschaften in Georg Forsters Reise um die Welt und das europäische Projekt ‚Zivilisation‘ 123
- Wechselnde Gezeiten: Der Strand als Schauplatz für Wendepunkte in Heldendichtung und höfischer Literatur des Mittelalters 146
- ‘There’s Law on the Beach!’: Law and Order on Los Angeles’s Beaches 1910s–1970s 171
- Always on Duty: Galveston’s African American Beaches and Lifeguards 194
-
Building Structures & Assembling Elements
- Sand, Spuren, Architektur – Zur gebauten Ökologie des Strandes 213
- Strandburgen: Eine deutsche Lust? Zum Strandurlaub seit dem späten neunzehnten Jahrhundert 236
- Der Strand als Schauplatz weltweiter Fauna. Exotische naturalia auf Stranddarstellungen Jan van Kessels d.Ä. 255
- SHORELINES & SPACES 276
-
Bodies in Time: Littoral Rhythms of Death and Desire
- Time and Tide Again. Traces, Permeable Spaces and Sensory Perceptions of the Beach in Theodor Storm’s Aquis submersus and HBO’s Big Little Lies 285
- “Stile balneare.” Singing the Italian Summer by the Seaside (1960s–1980s) 311
- The Boys on the Beach: Andrew Holleran’s Fire Island 337
- Stimmen über der Tiefe, gärender Schlamm, Wasserleichen – Theodor Storms Strände 354
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Social and Material Transformations
- Sisyphos am Strand: Beachcleaning und die litoralen Figurationen fossiler Energiekultur in der zeitgenössischen Umweltfotografie 387
- The Ephemeral Beachscape: Skateboarding and the Appropriation of Suburban Concrete 414
- Beached. The Awkward Beginnings of Weimar Democracy 427
- Der Strand: What to wear on the beach / Was am Strand anziehen? 448
- Revisited 463
- Notes on Contributors 464
