Forest in Medieval German Literature

The Forest in Medieval German Literature analyzes the topic of the "forest" through some of the best and lesser known examples of medieval German literature, approaching them through modern ecocritical issues that are paired with premodern perspectives.

Acknowledgements

Introduction and Theoretical Reflections:
The Forest as an Epistemological Challenge in the Middle Ages

Chapter One:
Hartmann von Aue's Concept of the Forest:
The Arthurian Adventure in the Forest and the Consequences

Chapter Two:
The Forest as Staging Ground for the Heroic Protagonist:
Glory and Demise in the Nibelungenlied

Chapter Three:
The Forest in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Works:
The Passage from the Arthurian Court
to the Grail Kingdom Through the Forest

Chapter Four:
The Forest in Gottfried von Straß burg's Tristan
and in Alternative Tristan Versions

Chapter Five:
The Forest in Der Melerantz von Frankreich by The Pleier

Chapter Six:
The Forest as the Transitional and Transformative Space
in Konrad von Wü rzburg's Partonopier und Meliur

Chapter Seven:
The Ambivalence of the Forest: Exile or Safe Haven?
The Destiny of the Female Protagonist Refracted in the Forest:
Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrü cken's Kö nigin Sibille

Chapter Eight:
Forest in Thü ring von Ringoltingen's Melusine:
Dark Spaces, Mysterious Origins, Meaningful Connections:
The Forest and the Establishment of Dynasties

Epilogue

Bibliography
Index