Characterization and Individuality in Wolfram's 'Parzival'

by David Blamires

Book Overview

Wolfram's Parzival is one of the great medieval romances, but the complexities and obscurities of source, language and the Grail symbol have led to a virtual neglect by scholars of the problems of structure and characterisation. Medieval characterisation tended towards idealisation, symbolism and the view that the individual could be considered a member of a class or type; in Wolfram however the beginnings of individual characterisation can be seen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521157498
• ISBN13: 9780521157490
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"