VII. The Epic Center As Structural Determinant in Medieval Narrative Poetry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction VII
4. Publications XIII
5. I. The De Amove of Andreas Capellanus and the Practice of Love At Court 3
6. II. Faith Unfaithful—The German Reaction to Courtly Love 14
7. III. Contrast Imagery in the Poems of Friedrich von Hausen 37
8. IV. Persona and Audience in Two Medieval Love-Lyrics 49
9. V. The Medieval Pastourelle As a Satirical Genre 66
10. VI. The Politics of a Poet: The Archipoeta As Revealed by His Imagery 81
11. VII. The Epic Center As Structural Determinant in Medieval Narrative Poetry 105
12. VIII. Time and Space in the Ludus de Antichristo 125
13. IX. Pyrgopolinices Converted: The Boasting Soldier in Medieval German Literature 144
14. X. Allegory and Allegorization 157
15. XI. The Nature of Romance 172
16. XII. Problems of Communication in the Romances of Chretien de Troyes 185
17. XIII. The Arthuricity of Marie de France 197
18. XIV. The Progress of Parzival and the Trees of Virtue and Vice 218
19. XV. The Literary Views of Gottfried von Strassburg 226