Description
Book SynopsisThe medieval German poet called Neidhart is one of the most important poets of his time. Set in the village among peasant maidens and their boorish male counterparts, Neidhart's satirical songs stand in marked contrast to courtly love song and enrich our understanding of medieval literary culture. This book presents for the first time annotated English translations of a substantial collection of songs attributed to this prolific poet. Its source is the thirteenth-century Riedegg manuscript, the oldest extensive collection of songs attributed to Neidhart. This book presents a representative survey of the songs in order to make this material accessible to a broad audience of students and scholars of medieval studies.
Table of ContentsIntroduction The Neidhart Songs and Their Manuscript Transmission
Manuscript R
Textual Criticism and Neidhart Editions
Who was Neidhart?
Neidhart's Subgenres, Motifs, and Poetic Language
Seasonal Openings: Summer and Winter Songs
Peasants and Neidhart's Rustic World
Friderun, Engelmar, and the Theft of the Mirror
Conversations between Girlfriends
Mother-Daughter Dialogues
Dancing
Neidhart Reception in the Literature of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Neidhart Reception in Images of the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Centuries
Notes on this Edition, Translation, and Commentary
Selected Songs from the Riedegg Manuscript Appendix: Concordance
