Visuality and Materiality in the Story of Tristan and Isolde

Book Overview

More than any other secular story of the Middle Ages, the tale of Tristan and Isolde fascinated its audience. Adaptations in poetry, prose, and drama were widespread in western European vernacular languages. Visual portrayals of the story appear not only in manuscripts and printed books but in individual pictures and pictorial narratives, and on an amazing array of objects including stained glass, wall paintings, tiles, tapestries, ivory boxes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268041393
• ISBN13: 9780268041397
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"