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Trauer und Identität

Inszenierungen von Emotionen in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters
  • Elke Koch
Language: German
Published/Copyright: 2006
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The study provides a foundation for cultural anthropologists researching the representation of grief in German medieval literature. It examines how the phenomenon of grief in fictional texts can be defined in terms of the theory of emotions and then operationalised; it combines the theory of emotions with performative categories, i.e., with our modern knowledge of ritual and public life in the Middle Ages. The setting and function of grief are closely examined in Wolfram's 'Willehalm', Hartmann's 'Erec' and Gottfried's 'Tristan'. This is a seminal study, combining cultural studies with textual analysis. It provides a usable methodological foundation for all future work on representations of grief in medieval literature.

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Elke Koch ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Sonderforschungsbereich "Kulturen des Performativen" an der Freien Universität Berlin.

Reviews

"Koch's monograph proves to be highly fascinating and provocative."
Albrecht Classen in: Tristania XXV 2009

"Above all, the study works skillfully with an extraordinarily cosmopolitan and sophisticated conceptual framework, drawing on German, Anglo-American, and French scholarship across a range of disciplines [...]. Koch does justice to a very compelx, interdisciplinary topic, a great accomplishment in any context and one that is remarkable in a dissertation."
Ann Marie Rasmussen in: Speculum April 2009

"Dass ein Leser, der diese Dissertation in die Hände bekommt, auf den ersten Blick durchaus nicht erkennen kann, welche Qualifikationsstufe hier angepeilt ist, mag als weiterer Beleg der Exzellenz dieses Buches gelten. Diese Untersuchung, die einen maßgeblichen Beitrag zur mediävistischen Emotionsforschung darstellt, hätte ebenso gut als Habilitationsschrift durchgehen können."
Andrew James Johnston in: Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch 3/2007

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eBook published on:
February 14, 2012
eBook ISBN:
9783110920604
Hardcover published on:
May 19, 2006
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110185706
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Front matter:
10
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319
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