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Theorie und Praxis der mittelalterlichen Poetik bilden seit fast vier Jahrzehnten ein zentrales Forschungsgebiet von Fritz Peter Knapp. Die vorliegende Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag des Jubilars vereinigt neue Beiträge namhafter in- und ausländischer Forscher, welche die vielstimmige, durch Fritz Peter Knapp maßgeblich mitbestimmte Diskussion über den poetologischen Diskurs und die Auswirkungen poetologischer Vorgaben in der mittelalterlichen deutschen und europäischen weltlichen und geistlichen Literatur weiterführen (Ulrich von Zatzikhoven: Lanzelet; Nibelungenlied; Wiener Genesis; Heinrich von dem Türlin: Die Krone; Marie de France; Antikenroman; Walther von Châtillon: Alexandreis; Walther von der Vogelweide; Gottfried von Straßburg: Tristan; Prosa-Lancelot etc.).

Collection of essays. --- Knapp -- Peter Fritz -- Bibliography. --- Poetics. --- Literature, Medieval --- Poetics --- Languages & Literatures --- Literature - General --- Poetry --- History and criticism --- Technique --- Courtly romance. --- Literature (medieval).

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In this new verse translation of one of the great works of French literature, Dorothy Gilbert captures the vivacity, wit, and grace of the first known Arthurian romance. Erec and Enide is the story of the quest and coming of age of a young knight, an illustrious member of Arthur's court, who must learn to balance the demands of a masculine public life-tests of courage, skill, adaptability, and mature judgment-with the equally urgent demands of the private world of love and marriage. We see his wife, Enide, develop as an exemplar of chivalry in the female, not as an Amazon, but as a brave, resolute, and wise woman. Composed ca. 1170, Erec and Enide masterfully combines elements of Celtic legend, classical and ecclesiastical learning, and French medieval culture and ideals.In choosing to write in rhymed octosyllabic couplets-Chrétien's prosodic pattern-Dorothy Gilbert has tried to reproduce what so often gets lost in prose or free verse translations: the precise and delicate meter; the rhyme, with its rich possibilities for emphasis, nuance, puns and jokes; and the "mantic power" implicit in proper names. The result will enable the scholar who cannot read Old French, the student of literature, and the general reader to gain a more sensitive and immediate understanding of the form and spirit of Chrétien's poetry, and to appreciate the more Chrétien's great contribution to European literature.

Arthurian romances. --- Erec (Legendary character) --- Romances --- Romances. --- Knights and knighthood --- 1170. --- academic. --- ancient world. --- arthurian romance. --- celtic legend. --- chivalry. --- classic literature. --- coming of age. --- courage. --- courtly romance. --- european literature. --- folklore. --- french literature. --- gender roles. --- jokes. --- king arthur. --- knight. --- knighthood. --- literary history. --- literary studies. --- love story. --- love. --- marriage. --- masculine. --- masculinity. --- medieval culture. --- medieval france. --- mythology. --- old french. --- poetry. --- puns. --- quest. --- scholarly. --- translation. --- womens roles. --- world literature.