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The Poems of Oswald von Wolkenstein: An English Translation of the Complete Works (1376 77-1445) (The New Middle Ages)

By Albrecht Classen

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0230609856, 9780230609853
LCC
PT1695.W4 A23 2008
Open Library ID
OL16659129M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1739373 bytes)
Pages
268\266
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book offers the first complete English translation of the poems by the late-medieval German (Tyrolean) Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/1377-1445). Oswald von Wolkenstein was one of the leading poets of his time and created some of the most exciting, experimental, and also deeply religious-conservative poetry of the entire Middle Ages and far beyond. German scholarship and musicologists have long recognized the extraordinary strength and power of Oswald’s Middle High German songs, both in terms of his poetic imagery and his musical performance. This book proves Oswald's ?uvre to be one of the most idiosyncratic and individualistic in the entire late Middle Ages. Classen reveals how Oswald continued the medieval tradition, yet was a true innovator, exploring new attitudes toward love, sexuality, travel, war, politics, language, music, and, above all, his own individuality.

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