German Romance

by Edwards, Cyril

• ISBN13: 9781843840848
• ISBN10: 1843840847
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-15
• Publisher: Ds Brewer

Summary

Iwein, or The Knight with the Lion, is a free Middle High German adaptation of Chrétien de Troyes' Old French Arthurian romance, Yvain. Written c.1200 by a Swabian knight, Hartmann von Aue, Iwein charts the development towards maturity of a young knight who falls into error, neglecting his hard-won wife by devoting himself excessively to chivalric pursuits. This parallel-text edition, offering the first English translation, is based on one of the two earliest complete manuscripts, Giessen, University Library, no. 97 (Iwein B), dating from the second quarter of the thirteenth century. It contains a large number of lines, particularly in the later stages of the poem, which are not present in the other early manuscript, A (Heidelberg, cpg 397). These show a special interest in the woman's side of the story, expanding a passage concerned with embroidery and weaving, and adding a marriage for the maidservant Lunet, whose cunning brings about the reconciliation between Iwein and her mistress, Laudine. The authorship of these passages is uncertain, but they may be Hartmann's own revision of his text. The volume is completed with an introduction, notes and bibliography. Dr CYRIL EDWARDS is Lecturer in German at St Peter's College and Senior Research Fellow of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Iwein or The Knight with the Lion	p. 1
Kalogreant's Adventure in the Forest of Broceliande	p. 3
Iwein's Battle with Ascalon. His Captivity	p. 41
Lunet's Advice and Laudine's Change of Mind	p. 83
Kay's Mockery and Gawein's Advice	p. 119
Iwein's Madness and His Recovery	p. 143
The Battle Against Count Aliers and the Rescuing of the Lion	p. 177
Lunet's Captivity	p. 189
The Giant Harpin and Guinever's Abduction	p. 209
The Freeing of Lunet	p. 245
The Daughters of the Count of the Black Thorn	p. 267
Iwein Fights Against Two Giants	p. 289
The Combat Between Iwein and Gawein	p. 327
The Reconciliation	p. 371
The Endings of Iwein	p. 391
Notes	p. 403
Select Bibliography	p. 417
Index of Names	p. 423
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