Recent Textbooks German Studies
Textstilistik des Deutschen
2. völlig neu bearb. und erw. Auflage 2006
This introductory work offers a fundamental, instructional and easy-to-read outline of all the aspects of stylistics from, among others, a text-linguistic perspective. It ties in with the most current research and extensively discusses results from discourse analysis and functional grammar. [more ...]
Mediensprache
3. völlig neu bearb. Auflage
The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the current status of media linguistics. The basic communication-theoretical concepts of media linguistics are introduced and, following a brief historical review, the most important linguistic phenomena of today's German-language mass media are described using current sample material, while taking the relationship of language to other systems of signs into account. [more ...]
Wigalois
Text - Übersetzung - Kommentar
Wirnt von Grafenberg's Wigalois is one of the most important Arthurian novels of the High Middle Ages. The novel, written in 1210/20, draws upon motifs from the 'classical' Middle High German novels, e.g., from Wolfram's Parzival and Hartmann's Erec. This new edition includes not only the Middle High German text (by Kapteyn), but also a translation in modern German. [more ...]
Mittelhochdeutsches Lesebuch
With the help of this reader, students of German language and literature as well as interested non-specialists can gain insight into the German literature of the High Middle Ages (ca. 1150-1350). In addition to well-known authors from the heyday of courtly literature, the reader also includes texts from the fields of law and the natural sciences, thus providing access to the various aspects of medieval culture. [more ...]
Das poetische Werk
Mit einem Melodienanhang
This new student edition has been prepared using modern editorial methods, and for the first time includes the entire text tradition. In addition to the original late medieval texts (with a careful commentary) the edition provides an introduction to Hugo von Montfort's life, work, and times and an appendix on the melodies. [more ...]
Das Nibelungenlied
Nach der St. Galler Handschrift hrsg. u. eingel. v. Reichert, Hermann
The “Nibelungenlied” (Song of the Nibelungs) is one of the most significant literary texts from the High Middle Ages. For many years it was regarded as the ?German national epic’. Not only is this edition based on the source favoured by textual criticism, but it also has the advantage for students of providing information on all the important problems of interpretation and the historical background. Thus it provides an edition of the text and a textbook in one. [more ...]
Der "Erec" Hartmanns von Aue
In his verse romance “Erec”, Hartmann von Aue was the first German poet to recount the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The introduction first provides a detailed analysis of the contents, and goes into peculiarities of the portrayal of the characters, the narrative stance and the relationship to the French source. [more ...]
Stimmen aus mittelalterlichen Frauenklöstern
Ein Hörbuch mit geistlichen Texten auf Altsächsisch, Mittelhochdeutsch und Mittelniederdeutsch
This audio book presents important medieval texts (Millstatt Psalter, Master Eckhart, Tauler, Mechthild von Magdeburg, and others) spoken in the original language (Old Saxon, Middle High German/Middle Low German) by, among others, Prof. Hildegard Keller (University of Zurich), one of the best-known speakers of historical texts. [more ...]