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From: A Companion to Wolfram’s Parzival[(essay date 1999) In the following essay, Classen assesses the relationship of reading and listening in Wolfram’s cultural milieu and the varied references to reading and writing found in Parzival. Classen concludes...
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From: A Companion to Wolfram’s Parzival.”[(essay date 1999) In the following essay, Hasty explores Wolfram’s depiction of the cost in life and death of adherence to the chivalric code and the different ways characters in the poem deal with that price. Unlike...
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From: Neophilologus[(essay date 1979) In the following essay, Kerth focuses on Parzival’s upbringing in the forest, questioning interpretations that would cast the episode as a paradisiacal idyll. Kerth examines several episodes of the...
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From:Reference Guide to World Literature (2nd ed.)Wolfram is best known for his epic poems, but eight short poems composed by him have also been preserved. These display great lyricism, passion, and control. They are also notable for certain features of striking...
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From: Prophet Margins: The Medieval Vatic Impulse and Social Stability[(essay date 2004) In the following essay, Baader provides an overview of what is known about Wolfram’s life and personality, surveys the poet’s cultural milieu, and outlines Parzival’s principal events and themes....