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Wigamur is an anonymously-authored, thirteenth-century Middle High German romance about a king's son who is lost to his parents in infancy. The eponymous hero, after being carried off in childhood by a mermaid, rescues an eagle which becomes his constant companion; in subsequent adventures he also rescues a maiden, becomes a Knight of the Round Table, and finally confronts a knight who of course proves to be his father, from whom he inherits a kingdom. The romance is perhaps the most most fully realized example of the Fair Unknown, or Bel Inconnu, motif in both the German and larger European Arthurian traditions.
Owng in part to the lack of an English translation, unlike other contemporary German romances, Wigamur has been comparatively little studied. This volume aimsto fill this need. It presents an edition of the text ( based on the only complete manuscript, Wolffenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 51.2. Aug. 4 (W), dating from the last half of thefifteenth century), accompanied by facing translation, notes, and introduction.

Joseph M. Sullivan is an Associate Professor of German at the University of Oklahoma.

German poetry --- Romances, German. --- German romances --- German literature --- Wigamur. --- Arthurian romance. --- Bel Inconnu. --- European Arthurian traditions. --- Fair Unknown. --- Knight. --- Medieval German. --- Middle High German. --- Round Table. --- hero. --- mermaid. --- translation.

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Der Band untersucht erstmals die gesamteuropäische Rezeption des für die mittelalterliche Literatur einschlägigen Autors Alanus ab Insulis.Die Beiträge aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen (u.a. Latinistik, Germanistik, Romanistik, Anglistik, Philosophiegeschichte) untersuchen die intellektuellen Auseinandersetzungen mit Alanus im gelehrten Milieu, das Verhältnis von Alanus’ allegorisch-literarischen Werken und mittelalterlichen ‚Klassikern‘ wie Jean de Meun, Dante und Chaucer sowie die Ausstrahlung von Alanus’ Werken in den deutschsprachigen Raum (Frauenlob; Heinrich von Mügeln).

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Medieval historians and literary scholars have not ignored the topic of sexual violence and rape, but the primary focus has regularly rested on English, French, or Italian documents. Here we have the first book-length study that investigates the treatment of sexual crimes in medieval and early modern German and Latin literature, making great efforts to shed light on often ignored scenes and episodes even in some of the ,classical' works such as Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival or the anonymous Nibelungenlied. As this monograph reveals, many times we face situations where we cannot easily determine whether rape has occurred or not. Consequently, we recognize an important discourse in these literary examples concerning the question of how to view and deal with sexual violence, which could also involve men as victims. This critical examination extends toward sixteenth-century jest narratives (Schwänke) where the issue of rape continued to occupy the authors' minds. Moreover, as numerous side glances to contemporary European literature indicate, the theme of sexual violence was of universal concern and critical importance during the entire premodern era.

German literature --- Rape in literature. --- Women in literature. --- Violence in literature. --- Latin literature, Medieval and modern --- Literature, Medieval --- Littérature allemande --- Viol dans la littérature --- Femmes dans la littérature --- Violence dans la littérature --- Littérature latine médiévale et moderne --- Littérature médiévale --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Comparative literature --- Thematology --- anno 500-1499 --- anno 1500-1799 --- Littérature allemande --- Viol dans la littérature --- Femmes dans la littérature --- Violence dans la littérature --- Littérature latine médiévale et moderne --- Littérature médiévale --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Medieval Gender Issues. --- Medieval German Literature. --- Rape. --- Sexual Violence. --- Women's Rights.