Papers by Francis G Gentry
In perhaps 25 years of creative productivity (ca. 1180-ca. 1205), Hartmann von Aue authored a dis... more In perhaps 25 years of creative productivity (ca. 1180-ca. 1205), Hartmann von Aue authored a dispute about love between the body and the heart, Die Klage, numerous songs of courtly love, crusading songs, and most likely took part in a Crusade himself. He composed the first German Arthurian romance, Erec, based on Chretien's like-named work, and he -- apparently -- ended his literary career with a second, Iwein. Further, he is the creator of two provocative rel-igious-didactic works, Gregorius, a tale of double incest, repentance, and redemption, and Der arme Heinrich, the account of a seemingly perfect nobleman who is stricken with leprosy and then ultimately cured by a process set into motion by a very young peasant girl, whom he ultimately marries. No other medieval German poet treats such an extraordinary breadth of themes at such a high level of artistic expression. The essays in this volume, written by scholars from North America and Europe, offer insight into many aspects...
Part 1 Inklings and others: Chesterton's medievalism, Ian Boyd "standing on Lewis's ... more Part 1 Inklings and others: Chesterton's medievalism, Ian Boyd "standing on Lewis's shoulders" - C.S.Lewis as critic of medieval literature, Kathryn Kerby-Fulton medievalism in the space trilogy of C.S.Lewis, Lionel Adey Charles Williams's "All Hallows' Eve" - a modern adaptation of Dante's Commedia, Judith J.Kollmann "arms and the man" - the place of Beatrice in Charles Williams's romantic theology, Charles A.Huttar "of sum mayn meruayle, pat he my3t trawe" - "The Lord of the Rings" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", Miriam Y.Miller echoes of William Morris' "Icelandic Journals" in J.R.R.Tolkien, Marjorie J.Burns medievalism in Tolkien- two decades of criticism in review, Jane Chance and David D.Day Barbara Reynolds, "The Passionate Intellect - Dorothy L.Sayers' Encounter with Dante", Alzina Stone Dale. Part 2 German medievalism: the reception of the Middle Ages in Ge...
Chapters include: Medieval Germany: History of Emperors and Empire, c. 750-c. 1350 (Michael Frass... more Chapters include: Medieval Germany: History of Emperors and Empire, c. 750-c. 1350 (Michael Frassetto), The Older German Language (Robert B. Howell), German Literature to 1160 (Francis G. Gentry), Courtly Love Lyric (Albrecht Classen), Medieval German Heroic Epic (Winder McConnell), Love and Adventure in Germany: The Romances of Hartmann von Aue, Wolfram von Eschenbach, and Gottfried von Strassburg (Will Hasty), Drama (Stephen L. Wailes), Technical Literature (Fachliteratur) (Melitta Weiss Adamson), German Mystical Literature to 1350 (Frank J. Tobin), Vernacular Chronicles (Maria Dobozy), Pre-Courtly Epics (Sidney M. Johnson), Continuation and Innovation in Narrative Literature of the Thirteenth Century (Elizabeth A. Andersen), Didactic/Gnomic Literature of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries (Albrecht Classen).
The medieval period provided for nineteenth-century German-speaking lands the ostensible model to... more The medieval period provided for nineteenth-century German-speaking lands the ostensible model to fulfil the general yearning for a unified Germany, namely as a country with a Kaiser (emperor) at its head. This striving took the better part of the nineteenth century and involved all levels of society and all types of activity. For much of the century, for example, the completion of Cologne cathedral was the most important symbol of the hoped-for national and confessional unity. In the end, however, it was the political/diplomatic manoeuvres of Bismarck that enabled Wilhelm I in 1871 to assume the title of ‘Kaiser des deutschen Reiches’. With that, Germany was, to be sure, unified in terms of language, but the high ideals of earlier in the century remained unfulfilled.
Early years and education; Studies at Boston College; Student teaching; Graduate school at Indian... more Early years and education; Studies at Boston College; Student teaching; Graduate school at Indiana University; Dissertation; 1960s in Bloomington; German department at SUNY-Albany; Hiring by University of Wisconsin; Medievalist colleagues at Wisconsin; Chairmanship of German Department; 1980 TAA work stoppage; Teaching Assistant Policy and Procedure Committee; Teaching responsibilities; Research and funding; Publications; Faculty governance; Institute for Research in the Humanities; Honors and awards; Decision to leave UW; Penn State University; Strategic planning.
AMSTERDAMER BEITRÄGE ZUR ÄLTEREN GERMANISTIK
AMSTERDAMER BEITRÄGE ZUR ÄLTEREN GERMANISTIK
Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets
Mittelalter-Rezeption, 1986
Die Vereinigten Staaten und ein Grosteil der ubrigen Welt befinden sich schon weitaus den grosten... more Die Vereinigten Staaten und ein Grosteil der ubrigen Welt befinden sich schon weitaus den grosten Teil unseres Jahrhunderts in einer Art Liebesverhaltnis mit Hollywood. Wahrend der Roaring Twenties, der Grosen Depression, der Kriegsjahre, ja bis in die funfziger Jahre hinein gingen die Amerikaner massenweise ins Kino und fanden dort Trost, Vergnugen und Inspiration. Hollywood war, um die Sozialanthropologin Hortense Powdermaker zu zitieren, die »Dream Factory«. [2] Gerade durch das Medium Film erlebten die Amerikaner noch einmal ihren Nationalmythos uber sich selbst und ihr Land, namlich den, das sie das auserwahlte Volk der modernen Zeit seien und in einem aufgeklarten Bundnis mit Gott in einem Staat lebten, der zwar auserst sakular erscheint, aber doch sicher auf quasi-religiosen Grundlagen ruht. [3] (Das Motto auf der amerikanischen Wahrung In God we trust ist das beste Symbol dieser ungewohnlichen Symbiose.) Der amerikanische Mythos, wie er in den Filmen bis zur Mitte der sechziger Jahre dargestellt wird, bestand im Glauben an die beinahe unbeschrankten Mittel und Moglichkeiten sowie die Wertbestandigkeit des demokratischen Systems und derjenigen, die es verwalten. Die Amerikaner sahen sich als ein Volk voller Selbstbewustsein, fahig, zwischen Gut und Bose zu unterscheiden, und willens, auch die Lasten der anderen zu tragen. So widerspiegelten die Filme der dreisiger, vierziger und funfziger Jahre ein Bild der amerikanischen Gesellschaft, die selbstbewust war und eine gesunde Einstellung zu ihrer Vergangenheit und ihrer Zukunft hatte.
Choice Reviews Online, 1996
Heroic poetry from the great epics of German literature. Includes Jungere Hildebrandslied, The Ba... more Heroic poetry from the great epics of German literature. Includes Jungere Hildebrandslied, The Battle of Ravenna, Bitterolf and Dietlieb, and The Rose Garden (Version A).
Set Handbook of Medieval Culture, 2015
Terms – Methods – Trends, 2010
Philosophy and History, 1980
Philosophy and History, 1981
German Studies Review, 1981
Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German, 1989
... when he writes disparagingly about the "companion of the hare." The... more ... when he writes disparagingly about the "companion of the hare." The image conjured up is that of a rabbit hopping over the "word heath" alighting here ... Gottfried not only names his source, but mentions other unnamed tales of Tristan and Isolde as not representing the true story. ...
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