Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's 'Lanzelet': Narrative Style and Entertainment
Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet, written around the turn of the thirteenth century, has long intrigued scholars both within and outside German studies: the only remaining trace of a Lancelot legend free of the adulterous affair with Guinevere, it has been seen both as a precursor of classical Arthurian romance in Germany, and as a post-classical imitation, and attempts to interpret it have often run foul of its contradictions. This new study takes a fresh look at its place in the history of...
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Wide-ranging survey of a neglected but significant early German version of the Lancelot legend.
AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPt. IThe context and the problem1Lanzelet in context: source, author, the question of date, and reception32Ulrich and his narrator: prologue, reflections, appeals to the source and addresses to the audience313The problem of structure: variation within repetition62Pt. IINarrative style in Lanzelet4Defining style835The hero as a literary all-rounder: the first part of Lanzelet906A "post-classical" Arthurian hero: the second part of Lanzelet131Pt. IIIThe essence of a hero: a thematic analysis of Lanzelet7Aventiure, manheit and minne1738Gelucke, heil, saelde and wipsaelikheit200Conclusion234Bibliography237Index253
