Der arme Heinrich: A Poem by Hartman von Ouwe

144 Pages·1961·5.02 MB·English

by  Hartman von Ouwe

BLACKWELL’S GERMAN TEXIS
GENERAL EDITOR :
JAMES BOYD
Emeritus Professor in the University of Oxford;
Emeritus Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford

BLACKW ELL’ S GERMAN TEXTS
General Editor: JAMES BOYD
DER ARME HEINRICH
A POEM
By HARTMAN VON OUWF
THE CRITICAL TEXT OF ERICH G LE RAC H
WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND VOCABULARY BY
J. KNIGHT BOSTOCK
SOMETIME READER IN GERMAN IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Fourth Edition
BASIL BLACKW ELL • OXFORD
1961
Originally published in German Medieval Series,
edited by H. G. Fiedler, 1942
PRINTED IN c!rKAT BRITAIN
FOR BASIL BLACKWELL & MOTT LTD.
BY THF COMPTON PRINTING WORKS (LONDON) LTD., LONDON, N.l
AND BOUND BY
THF KKM I* HALL BINDERY. OXFORD
CONTENTS
FAGX
Prefaces vii
Select Bibliography ix
List of Abbreviations xv
Introduction xvii
§ i Hartmann von Aue: His life, his works and his home xvii
§ 2 Hartmann’s language and style xxii
§ 3 Der arme Heinrich xxv
{a) The moral purpose of the poem xxv
(ib) The possible source of the story xxix
((c) The manuscripts xxxi
(d) The metre xxxiii
Text and Notes i
Vocabulary 68
Supplementary note on the MHG Negative 96