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Die europäische Kunst, Philosophie und Literatur des Mittelalters wurde entscheidend von der französischen Kultur geprägt. Dieses Handbuch gibt erstmals einen umfassenden Überblick über Elemente der deutschen und niederländischen Literatur zwischen 1100 und 1300, die auf Anregungen und Vorgaben aus Frankreich beruhen. Internationale Herausgeberund eine große Zahl von Fachgelehrten präsentieren das bisher in der Forschung zum Thema Geleistete.

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GLMF IV hat die aus dem Französischen übernommenenen historischen und religiösen Erzählungen verschiedenen Umfangs zum Gegenstand, die deutsche und niederländische Geschichtsepik nach Antikenromanen von Alexander, Aeneas, Troja (Teil A), die Geschichtsepik nach Chansons de geste aus fünf epischen Zyklen (Teil B) und kleinere deutsche religiöse Erzählungen wie Hartmanns ´Gregorius´ (Teil C).

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European medieval art, philosophy and literature were significantly shaped by French culture and its intellectual and literary achievements. This reference work, for the first time in the history of literary studies, provides a comprehensive overview of language elements, poetic forms and genres, motifs, themes and works of the German and Dutch medieval literature between about 1100 and 1300, which were based on influences and models from France.

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European medieval art, philosophy and literature were significantly shaped by French culture and its intellectual and literary achievements. This reference work, for the first time in the history of literary studies, provides a comprehensive overview of language elements, poetic forms and genres, motifs, themes and works of the German and Dutch medieval literature between about 1100 and 1300, which were based on influences and models from France.

The handbook documents the immense attraction of French culture of that era as well as the creative appropriation, adaptation and reforming of foreign language models in the adjacent Germanic language areas. An international editorial committee and a large number of experts classify, present and expand the research on this topic.

The book is a source of primary information and provides a basis for more detailed studies in the future. It is a standard work of medieval studies and a benchmark for a historically appropriate description of German and Dutch literature of the High Middle Ages as a European phenomenon.

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