Sexual violence and rape in the Middle Ages [electronic resource] : a critical discourse in premodern German and European literature / Albrecht Classen.

By: Classen, AlbrechtContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ; 7.Publication details: Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011Description: vi, 272 pISBN: 9783110263381 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): German literature -- Middle High German, 1050-1500 -- History and criticism | Rape in literature | Women in literature | Violence in literature | German literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism | Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- Europe -- History and criticism | Literature, Medieval -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 830.9/3552 LOC classification: PT179 | .C528 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- Female suffering and rape in Hartmann von Aue's Erec -- Nibelungenlied: a male poet reveals his fear of women -- Date rape, or the breaking of a contract? the problematic case of Mauritius von Craun: modern legal issues in a medieval context -- Rape in medieval romance, with a focus on Heinrich von Dem Turlin's Diu crone -- Rape in medieval Latin and middle high German poetry: with some reflections on Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina burana -- Rape in late medieval mren -- Rape in the world of the peasant class in the late Middle Ages: Heinrich Wittenwiler's Ring -- Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and other late medieval narratives: the suffering of young women within their families -- Violence against women in late medieval popular song poetry and heroic epic songs -- The critical treatment of rape in sixteenth century Schwanke literature: the case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff's Wendunmuth -- Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Female suffering and rape in Hartmann von Aue's Erec -- Nibelungenlied: a male poet reveals his fear of women -- Date rape, or the breaking of a contract? the problematic case of Mauritius von Craun: modern legal issues in a medieval context -- Rape in medieval romance, with a focus on Heinrich von Dem Turlin's Diu crone -- Rape in medieval Latin and middle high German poetry: with some reflections on Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina burana -- Rape in late medieval mren -- Rape in the world of the peasant class in the late Middle Ages: Heinrich Wittenwiler's Ring -- Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and other late medieval narratives: the suffering of young women within their families -- Violence against women in late medieval popular song poetry and heroic epic songs -- The critical treatment of rape in sixteenth century Schwanke literature: the case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff's Wendunmuth -- Epilogue.

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