Late-Medieval German Women's Poetry: Secular and Religious Songs

by Albrecht Classen (Translator)

Overview

A considerable collection of German women's poetry in translation, results of ingenious archival research.

Although there were a number of outstanding women writers of the late middle ages, it was not thought that women composed lyric poetry. Albrecht Classen's careful investigation of archival material, however, proves this to be a misconception, and in this volume he presents a selection of secular love songs and religious hymns composed by fifteenth- and sixteenth-century German women poets, here translated for the first time, based on his two-volume editionin the original language. Many women seem to have left their works anonymously, or hid their names in their texts using acrostics; in these and other cases, applying appropriate research tools, Classen has identified a considerable corpus of women's poetry which now promises to fill the gap previously supposed to exist in the history of medieval and early-modern German women's poetry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782044406
Publisher:	D.S.Brewer
Publication date:	10/14/2004
Series:	Library of Medieval Women
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	164
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies.

Editorial Reviews

An important contribution to the study of medieval and early modern German women's literature, and Classen's search for new female authors will certainly have an altering impact on the literary canon, serving as an inspiration to women's studies across interdisciplinary lines.

THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW

An important contribution to the study of medieval and early modern German women's literature, and Classen's search for new female authors will certainly have an altering impact on the literary canon, serving as an inspiration to women's studies across interdisciplinary lines. THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW

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