Gottfried von Strassburg: Tristan
This concise introduction to Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan approaches the work both through its context and through a close reading of key passages of the text. The close textual reading builds up a distinctive interpretation of the work, in which particular attention is paid to Gottfried's reworking of literary tradition, his use of religious analogies, and his awareness of the fictive potential of literary language.
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Concise introduction to Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan.
AcknowledgmentsNote on the textIntroduction11Story, author, context32Gottfried and the Tristan tradition163The poet and his fiction424Commentary and narrative705Gottfried104Guide to further reading115
