Table of Contents

Introduction - Will Hasty
Heinrich von Veldeke - Albrecht Classen
Hartmann von Aue - Rodney Fisher
Gottfried von Strassburg and the Tristan Myth - Rüdiger Krohn
Wolfram von Eschenbach [coauthored with Sidney Johnson] - Marion E. Gibbs
Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet - Nicola McLelland
Walther von der Vogelweide - Will Hasty
Didactic Poetry - Nigel Harris
Minnesang: The Medieval German Love Lyrics - Will Hasty
The German Heroic Narratives - Susanne Samples
Early Mystical Writings - Sara S. Poor
Wirnt von Grafenberg's Wigalois and Heinrich von dem Türlin's Diu Crône - Neil Thomas
Der Stricker - Michael Resler
Konrad von Würzburg - Rüdiger Brandt
Rudolf von Ems - Elizabeth A. Andersen
Ulrich von Liechtenstein (coauthored with Franz Viktor Spechtler) - Ulrich Muller
Wernher der Gärtner - Ruth Weichselbaumer
Court Literature and Violence in the High Middle Ages - Harry Jackson
Mobility, Politics, and Society in Medieval Germany - Charles Bowlus

About the Author

ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies.

Reviews

Offering brilliant essays ... the volume reorients and refreshes knowledge of cultural developments of the period.
*CHOICE*

There is much offered and almost nothing lacking in this volume, which is the best current vade mecum for Middle High German literature of which I am aware. This book is a must-have for any serious library.... The Camden House German Literature of the High Middle Ages will remain the premier literary history of this period for many years to come.
*MONATSHEFTE*

Thoughtful, solidly researched and written in an engaging style, these essays are as instructive as they are a pleasure to read.
*H-NET BOOK REVIEW*

The volume is an eminently worthy addition to this ambitious series and should be purchased by the libraries of both scholarly and undergraduate-oriented institutions.
*GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW*

[The book] should be enormously useful to a variety of audiences, from undergraduates taking survey courses to medievalist Germanists who need quick but thorough and often insightful introductions to an author or a work outside their usual speciality.
*GERMAN QUARTERLY*