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Title German literature of the early Middle Ages / edited by Brian Murdoch
Published Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations
Series Camden House history of German literature ; v. 2
Camden House history of German literature ; v. 2
Contents Into German: the language of the earliest German literature / Jonathan West -- Charms, recipes, and prayers / Brian Murdoch -- Latin prose: Latin writing in the Frankish world, 700-1100 / Linda Archibald -- Latin verse / Stephen Penn -- Heroic verse / Brian Murdoch -- Otfrid of Weissenburg / Linda Archibald -- The shorter German verse texts / Christopher Wells -- Historical writing in and after the Old High German period / R. Graeme Dunphy -- Late Old High German prose / Jonathan West
Summary A detailed, contextualized picture of the very beginnings of writing in German from around 750 to 1100
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index
Subject German literature -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- History and criticism
German literature -- Middle High German, 1050-1500 -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
German literature -- Middle High German.
German literature -- Old High German.
Literatur
Mittelalter
Althochdeutsch.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Murdoch, Brian, 1944-
ISBN 9781571136428
1571136428
1571132406
9781571132406