Diz vliegende bîspel

Ambiguity in medieval and early modern literature

The volume explores the theme of ambiguity in medieval and early modern literature in essays honoring the life and work of Arthur Groos, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University, USA, emeritus. The famous expression diz vliegende bîspel from Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival is its watchword. In the poem the black and white plumage of the magpie represents the characteristic complexity, ambiguity, and ambivalence of the romance. Removed from its historical context the expression is also a figure of Arthur Groos's wide-ranging intellectual flight. In addition to his work on medieval German verse narrative, he has made important contributions to courtly love poetry, medieval and early modern scientific literature, early modern German literature in general, and especially to opera.

Auteur

Prof Dr Markus Stock is an Associate Professor of German and Medieval Studies and the Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto. He held invited visiting professorships at the University of Freiburg and Havard University. His research interests include high medieval German epic, romance, and Minnesang, historical narratology, the history of pain as well as medieval and early modern texts on Alexander the Great. He is the principal investigator of a multi-year research project, Spatial Practices in German literature, 1150-1300, funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Matthias Meyer ist Universitätsprofessor für Ältere deutsche Sprache und Literatur am Institut für Germanistik der Universität Wien. Dr. Volker Mertens ist Professor für Ältere deutsche Literatur und Sprache an der FU Berlin. Prof. Dr. Ingrid Bennewitz ist Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Deutsche Philologie des Mittelalters an der Universität Bamberg. Zu ihren Forschungsschwerpunkten zählen neben Fragen der Überlieferung und Edition mittelalterlicher Texte und deren Rezeption in der Gegenwart seit vielen Jahren die mediävistischen Gender Studies. Dr. Marian Polhill is Professor of Comparative Literature and Medieval Studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Her research and teaching interests include medieval literature, besti-aries, and the intersections of cultural and medical discourses Dr. Alexander Sager ist Professor für deutsche Literatur an der University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA.