Philipowski, Katharina Silke
Die Gestalt des Unsichtbaren
Narrative Konzeptionen des Inneren in der höfischen Erzählliteratur
[The Shape of the Unseeable: Narrative Models of Inner Life in Courtly Fiction]
Series:Hermaea. Neue Folge 131
Aims and Scope
How can one narrate intangible aspects of a character, such as a person's inner life, remembrances, and reflections? Often the concreteness that is lacking in the inner world is communicated through symbols or allegory: courtly love can be depicted in the image of a “dwelling in the heart,” which creates a vestimentary metaphor of the body as the garment surrounding inner life. However, the models and concepts of scholastic anthropology were not universally applied in all the literature that focused inwards. This study seeks to explain why this was so.
Supplementary Information
- 23 x 15.5 cm
- Includes a print version and an ebook
- Language:
- German
- Type of Publication:
- Monograph
- Keywords:
- Readership:
- German scholars, medievalists, literary scholars, libraries, academic institutions
- Subjects
- Literary Studies > German Literature > Middle Ages (from the Beginning - 1500)
- History > Cultural History
- Literary Studies > Subjects, Topics, Motifs
- Literary Studies > Literary Theory
- History > Cultural History
- Literary Studies > Subjects, Topics, Motifs
- Literary Studies > Literary Theory
- Literary Studies > German Literature > Middle Ages (from the Beginning - 1500)
- History > Cultural History
- Literary Studies > Subjects, Topics, Motifs
- Literary Studies > Literary Theory
- Literary Studies > German Literature > Middle Ages (from the Beginning - 1500)
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