New Theoretical Approaches to Medieval and Early Modern German Literature

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Society for Medieval Germanic Studies (SMGS)

Organizer Name

Marian Elizabeth Polhill, Jeffrey Turco

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, Purdue Univ.

Presider Name

Jeffrey Turco

Paper Title 1

Walther von der Vogelweide Sings Like a Girl: Gottfried’s Ironic Praise of the Nightingale of the Vogelweide

Presenter 1 Name

Mary Marshall Campbell

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of New Hampshire

Paper Title 2

Feeling Generous: The Perils of Giving and the Necessities of Taking in Middle High German Epic

Presenter 2 Name

Christopher Liebtag Miller

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Centre for Medieval Studies, Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 3

Herrschaft, Stand, Narrheit: Die Nürnberger Fastnachtspiele als Spiegel gesellschaftlicher (Un-)Ordnung

Presenter 3 Name

Beatrice von Lüpke

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 923 "Bedrohte Ordnungen," Eberhard Karls Univ. Tübingen

Start Date

11-5-2014 8:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 213

Description

This session presents new research in and new theoretical approaches to medieval and early modern German literature.

Marian E. Polhill