Motif-index of German secular narratives from the beginning to 1400

Author(s)

• Birkhan, Helmut
• Lichtblau, Karin
• Habiger-Tuczay, Christa
• Hirhager, Ulrike
• Sigl, Rainer
• Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Bibliographic Information

Motif-index of German secular narratives from the beginning to 1400

edited by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, under the direction of Helmut Birkhan ; edited by Karin Lichtblau and Christa Tuczay ; in collaboration with Ulrike Hirhager and Rainer Sigl

Walter de Gruyter, c2005-

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4
• v. 5
• v. 6.1
• v. 6.2
• v. 7

Note

v. 1. Matière de Bretagne : Albrecht, Jüngerer Titurel-Lancelot 2 --v. 2. Matière de Bretagne: Lancelot 3-Wolfram von Eschenbach, Titurel --v. 3. Miscellaneous romances, Oriental romances, Chansons de geste --v.4. Heroic epic, Maere and novellas --v.5. Romances of antiquity --v.6.1. Index: Keywords and Names --v.6.2 Index: Motifs --v.7. Index of cultural keywords

v. 6: accompanied by 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Bibliography: v. 1, p. [xxviii]-lii

Contents of Works

• v. 3. Miscellaneous romances
• Oriental romances
• Chansons de geste
• v. 4. Heroic epic
• Maere and novellas
• v. 5. Romances of antiquity

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9783110175981

Description

This new motif index, published entirely in English, catalogues and accesses all the important narrative motifs in secular narrative literature written in German from the 9th to 14th centuries. The Motif Index of German Secular Narratives not only provides a complete catalogue of all the occurrences in each individual work of medieval literature of widespread narrative patterns, but also provides a sophisticated system of indexing and referencing to make it possible to access and research the individual motifs across different works. Volumes 1 to 5 present genre-based catalogues of motifs arranged by work in alphabetical order: 1. Matiere de Bretagne Part 1, 2. Matiere de Bretagne Part 2, 3. Oriental and Miscellaneous Romances/Chansons de Geste, 4. Heroic Epic/Maere and Novellas, 5. Romances of Antiquity. For each passage relevant to the history of a motif a concise paraphrase of the content is given, together with the relevant Thompson classification. Volume 6 provides three valuable indexes: 1. a central index of motifs using Thompson's classification system, which enables the reader to identify all relevant texual occurrences at a glance, 2. an index of all key-words belonging to the naming of a particular motif, and 3. an index of all names quoted. Volume 6 is accompanied by a powerful CD-ROM which greatly enhances the search potential of the work.

Volume

v. 6.2 ISBN 9783110184914

Description

"The Motif Index of German Secular Narratives from the Beginning to 1400" is an indispensable reference work for narratologists, medievalists, literary historians, historians, ethnologists, art historians, cultural historians. Using the system of the epoch-making "Motif Index of Folk Literature" by Stith Thompson (1955ff.), this new motif index will catalogue and access all the important narrative motifs in secular narrative literature written in German from the 9th to 14th centuries.

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Details

• NCID: BA77288288
• ISBN:
  • 3110175983
  • 3110184877
  • 3110184885
  • 3110184893
  • 3110184907
  • 3110184915
  • 3110184915
  • 9783110193206
• LCCN: 2005023955
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PT171
  • DC22 : 830.9/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : German literature -- Themes, motives
  • LCSH : German literature -- Themes, motives -- Indexes
  • LCSH : German literature -- Classification