Reading the Medieval Book: Word, Image, and Performance in Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Willehalm

by Carolyn Morton Starkey

Book Overview

Wolfram von Eschenbach's Willehalm was a 13th-century epic of conflict between Christian and Saracen at the time of the crusades. Highly popular among medieval audiences it survives in various forms. This study examines a rather unusual illustrated version of Willehalm, composed about fifty years after the original, three-fifths of which contains illustrative material. Kathryn Starkey highlights the relationship between word, image and performance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268041091
• ISBN13: 9780268041090
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"