1st Edition

Topographies of Gender in Middle High German Arthurian Romance

By Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand Copyright 2001
    262 Pages
    by Routledge

    262 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book explores the metaphor of topography as a mechanism for the inscription of gender roles in Arthurian romance.

    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    Chapter 1. Cultural Topography and Arthurian Romance
    Chapter 2. The Topography of Hartmann Von Aue: Negotiating Space and Power in Erec and Iwein
    Chapter 3. The Topography of Wolfram Von Eschenbach: Spaces of Becoming and Being in Parzival Chapter 4. The Topography of Gottfried Von Strassberg: Places to Play in Tristan
    Conclusions

    Biography

    Alexandria Sterling-Hellenbrand teaches at Goshen College.

    "Sterling-Hellenbrand's book is a brilliant revision of earlier, character-based notions of gender." -- Speculum